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Advocacy group BeltLine Rail Now gathered on the steps of Atlanta City Hall in 2024, hoping to remind Mayor Andre Dickens of campaign promises on BeltLine light rail ahead of his State of the City address.
Hulu's "Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told" traces the annual gathering from a Morehouse cookout to a 250,000-person cultural phenomenon — and examines how it shaped Atlanta's identity as the capital of Black America.
Congresswoman Nikema Williams announced $207.6 million in federal funding for two of Atlanta's most ambitious infrastructure projects: $157.6 million for Phase 1 of the Stitch and $50 million to connect the BeltLine to the Flint River Trail.
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $157.6 million toward constructing The Stitch, a planned 14-acre greenspace over the Downtown Connector, while a second $50 million grant will fund a multiuse trail linking the Atlanta Beltline's Southside Trail to the Flint River Trail.
Altar, a 250-capacity room with live music, comedy and a full kitchen, is coming to The Masquerade at Underground Atlanta.
A Walgreens considered a crucial resource for downtown residents shut its doors at the historic Olympia Building in April 2024, after nearly 800 people signed a petition asking the chain to stay.
Trinity Central Flats, a long-stalled 218-unit affordable housing project on a vacant downtown lot, scored $50 million in tax credits in 2024 -- clearing the way for construction on land that had sat empty for years across from Atlanta City Hall.
Explorer's Cove, a touch-pool exhibit with sharks and rays, is planned inside downtown's Georgia Aquarium.
Atlanta BeltLine Inc. launched a weekly graffiti-removal program for its paved trails in 2024 -- but carved out an explicit exemption for Krog Street Tunnel and other long-established art walls.
The company behind Corey Tower -- one of downtown's most visible older buildings -- is rebranding it as "ATL Tower" and pitching the entire 300-foot structure as ad space for hundreds of thousands of daily Connector commuters.
Chairman's Lounge and Stadium Club add premium space for 350-plus guests inside downtown's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
After three failed development teams and a decade of scrapped plans, Atlanta Housing gave the Civic Center project its clearest timeline yet in early 2024 -- excavation by summer, construction by fall.
The homegrown roaster's fifth Atlanta location sits in a shipping-container kiosk off the Eastside Trail — and it is the first to serve alcohol.
Centennial Yards Company president Brian McGowan told the Atlanta Business Chronicle the Gulch megaproject will eventually deliver 4,000 apartments -- a forecast backed by early proof: the project's first residential building leased up fast.
A local urban designer's Photoshop renderings imagine the 16-lane Downtown Connector reborn as a recreational river -- a tongue-in-cheek thought experiment with real staying power in Atlanta's urbanist circles.
