Dozens of neighbors gathered at 7 p.m. on June 10 at Mayor's Park — the small pocket of trees on Peachtree Street directly overlooking the Downtown Connector — for the unveiling of "Where We Weave," a new neon light sculpture by Atlanta artist Eddie Farr.
The unveiling doubled as a community showcase for The Stitch, the long-planned civic infrastructure project that aims to cap the Downtown Connector between the Civic Center and Peachtree Center MARTA stations with a linear deck park. The event, hosted by the Stitch team, featured free tacos, live music, and a raffle. Jack Cebe, CEO of Stitch Inc., framed the piece as a preview of what a completed deck could feel like — public space where cars and highway noise dominate now.
The idea of stitching midtown and downtown back together over the Connector isn't new. Design proposals date back to the pre-1996 Olympics International Design Competition to redesign Peachtree Street, which included a version of the concept. Momentum picked up in 2023 and 2024. Then, this spring, the Trump administration cut $151 million from the project, pushing back the construction timeline. Cebe told attendees the cut is a delay, not a defeat, and that community momentum for Phase 1 — Peachtree Green, a 4-to-5-acre deck spanning the Connector — remains strong.
The audience made the case for The Stitch in its own way. "It would make it so much easier to move around Atlanta," attendee Tyler Haber said of a completed park. Cebe emphasized the project's purpose of "creating opportunities for Atlantans and Downtown Atlantans to come together, to feel like they're part of a community."
Farr's piece will stay up as a marker at Mayor's Park — a small, illuminated argument for what the larger project intends to deliver at scale.
Original reporting: SaportaReport (June 12, 2026)