Five dollars does not go very far these days in Atlanta – or most other places, for that matter. But, there was a time not so very long ago when five dollars could buy a lifetime of memories. One of those times is the subject of this installment of Stories of Atlanta.
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WRS Inc.’s T. Scott Smith: Sale of Underground best for Atlanta
It’s been a tumultuous tale for developer T. Scott Smith’s relationship with Underground Atlanta.
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Let’s build Atlanta as a city, not a suburb
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It’s 2018, and the massive amounts of large-scale developments in Atlanta astound both long-time residents as well as newcomers.
The current pace of development rivals any of the other construction booms that Atlanta has had at any time in the modern era.
The danger is that we are replicating the suburban aesthetic and cultural environment of decades past by focusing on parking, car-oriented retail and a suburban design ethos with little regard for how these design choices work within the city.
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Underground Atlanta starts ‘complete transformation’
The development team charged with remaking Underground Atlanta includes the design firm that worked on Ponce City Market and one of the developers behind Krog Street Market.
It could be a recipe to emulate two of Atlanta’s most successful adaptive reuse projects.
