In a significant recognition of Southwest Atlanta, the city is moving the office of the Atlanta City Design Studio, headed by Ryan Gravel, to a prominent new development along Cascade Road.
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Posted inDesign, Design and Our City, Thought Leader, Thought Leadership
A Run Along the Eastside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine
Allen Post, author of the columns on Sprout Space in March 2012, writes this week about his experience with the new section of the Atlanta BeltLine. The photo is from Ryan Gravel, a senior urban designer for Perkins+Will, who conceived of the BeltLine while earning his master’s degree in architecture at Georgia Tech. Read more and […]
Posted inMoments, Moments Season 1
Sharing Clark Howard’s “Moment” recalled one of my own 20 years ago
A few weeks ago, I saw Clark Howard working out at the YMCA. He and I seemed to be on the same every-other-day schedule at the time. I try not to stop and talk to celebrities or well-known people. I have no interest in autographs and I try to respect their privacy. But Clark was a year ahead of me in high school and I had interviewed him once before for our school magazine in the early 1990s.
Posted inMoments, Moments Season 1
You are invited to watch our 1-Minute Video: “Moments” on SaportaReport
Please watch our one-minute video preview of “Moments,” our new weekly glimpse into the men and women whose own personal moments have changed metro Atlanta: http://goo.gl/uc5h0
Two former mayors, Sam Massell and Shirley Franklin, former Georgia Tech graduate student Ryan Gravel who envisioned the Beltline, radio personality Clark Howard – and many others who aren’t so famous – will share their insights into a time when everything changed in their lives. The videos will last only a minute, but we’ll place them into context with an adjoining column.
