FPT=Baby Beltline (especially with soundtrack)
As I was jogging along the Freedom Parkway trail Friday afternoon, I felt a sense of déjà vu.
From the path, I peered into the back patio at Across the Street in the Old Fourth Ward. I saw a make-shift skate park, and benches arranged in a shady semi-circle.
I caught a glimpse of a beautiful three-story house I can’t see from Highland Avenue, where I had entered the trail.
I spied an enticing rooftop deck that I think may belong to Park’s Edge restaurant in Inman Park. Leaning over a bridge that straddles a tiny creek, I watched golfers tee at the Candler Park golf course.
In short, I saw things I cannot normally see from the road, and I traveled seamlessly from one neighborhood to another.
And I thought: this is what the Beltline will be like.
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We deserve a treat
After looking at those ghastly photos of Ponce yesterday, we need a treat, don’t we? A visual treat. Here it is!
One of my favorite spots in Atlanta. It’s a Sol Le Witt sculpture. Do you know where it is?
Last night, I was at Across the Street, whose patio gives onto the Freedom Parkway trail, and I thought what a cool place. The idea behind the trail — that, stretching from the Carter Center to the King Memorial, it links two great Georgians — is inspiring.
I love walking the streets of Cabbagetown. It’s our own little treasure.
Now wasn’t that much better than the asphalt of Ponce? How do we create more places like these in Atlanta?
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