Atlanta Parks

[cabasse]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

Based on the curbed article, they're going to be fundraising the money...probably hoping to get a lot from the rich Buckhead tycoons.

Still, it looks mediocre and half assed.

completely agree. hopefully said tycoons will push back on the design and insist for it to be done properly.

[Martinman]

Originally Posted by Neighbor

This honestly looks like garbage. They really need to cap the whole thing than do this half-ass project. I know there's some increased difficulty with capping it entirely, but this is Buckhead; I'm pretty sure they can fund and resolve whatever the issue is. From a practical standpoint, its not as if the project would be substantially more difficult if they cap the whole thing. They still will have to do years of construction over a highway, but the citizens get less than half the park and have to live with these ugly holes in their tiny park.

I know someone is going to complain about increased expenses or more hoops to jump through, but we are going to be living with this piecemeal bullshit forever; just get it right the first time and buckhead has more than enough wealth to cover it.

Agree completely. If you're going to go to the trouble of "capping" a highway, you gotta do better than this. This looks worse than I had imagined it would.

[pica]

This is the third iteration of the design they've shared, and each one has been less appealing than the last.

[ATLmangum]

Have they completed all phases of COP upgrades? Wasn’t there supposed to be a new music venue?

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

Rodney Cook Sr. Park

[smArTaLlone]

The park had the first part of it's entry feature installed last week.




https://www.linkedin.com/posts/reeve...882569728-_nF3

[cabasse]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeanuts

Rodney Cook Sr. Park

whoa, i missed this post; that is going to be amazing.

[Street Advocate]

While I hope I am wrong, this feels like a park for cars and not for people.

[Sura]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

While I hope I am wrong, this feels like a park for cars and not for people.

I guess that cars are going to park on the grass?

https://atlanta.curbed.com/2019/10/1...k-construction

[Ant131531]

He's talking about the Bellwood Quary park and the rendering with the cars under the white sculpture.

[Sura]

Originally Posted by Ant131531

He's talking about the Bellwood Quary park and the rendering with the cars under the white sculpture.

Now I see. Isn't that just the entryway?

[Libertarian]

It's only a short walk from the beltline.

[robertjhajek]

Lol some of you live in an alternate reality. The best city parks in the country you're able to drive through certain sections.

Golden Gate Park, Klyde Warren Park, Central Park, Zilker Park, Audobon Park, Balboa Park, etc etc etc.

Bellwood Quarry is a huge plot of land, you're gonna be able to drive in parts of it guys. Chill out.

[Libertarian]

It should be kept natural, IMHO.

[atlHawks]

Originally Posted by robertjhajek

Lol some of you live in an alternate reality. The best city parks in the country you're able to drive through certain sections.

Golden Gate Park, Klyde Warren Park, Central Park, Zilker Park, Audobon Park, Balboa Park, etc etc etc.

Bellwood Quarry is a huge plot of land, you're gonna be able to drive in parts of it guys. Chill out.

Thank you. What a ridiculous statement.

[Street Advocate]

Y’all make a lot of leaping assumptions, including suggesting I have an issue with any automobile accessing any part of the park. Y’all made that mental leap yourselves.

Let’s answer a question. How many people live walking distance to the western edge of the quarry once the park is built out?



Getting to and experiencing the park in general seem designed to require an automobile. Feels as if it is designed to look pretty from an overhead view and not the most navigable on foot.

[montydawg]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Y’all make a lot of leaping assumptions, including suggesting I have an issue with any automobile accessing any part of the park. Y’all made that mental leap yourselves.

Let’s answer a question. How many people live walking distance to the western edge of the quarry once the park is built out?

Getting to and experiencing the park in general seem designed to require an automobile. Feels as if it is designed to look pretty from an overhead view and not the most navigable on foot.

In looking at this diagram, I see 2 pedestrian entrances from the North, 2 from the West, and several from the South where that mixed use project is planned. There are none on the East side- which makes sense, since there is an active rail line there that can't easily be crossed. Someday a bridge can be built over that.

Piedmont park is mostly accessible from the West and South with only a few entrances on the East and North. Does not seem to impact the usability of that park. Since this is a low density part of town that will grow and densify in the future, it makes sense to me they have automobile access to the park now. Like Piedmont Park, Grant Park, and other parks around the country, when density and accessibility around the park grow, the automobile driveways can be closed to cars and they can be left to pedestrians to navigate.

[Street Advocate]

Originally Posted by montydawg

In looking at this diagram, I see 2 pedestrian entrances from the North, 2 from the West, and several from the South where that mixed use project is planned. There are none on the East side- which makes sense, since there is an active rail line there that can't easily be crossed. Someday a bridge can be built over that.

Piedmont park is mostly accessible from the West and South with only a few entrances on the East and North. Does not seem to impact the usability of that park. Since this is a low density part of town that will grow and densify in the future, it makes sense to me they have automobile access to the park now. Like Piedmont Park, Grant Park, and other parks around the country, when density and accessibility around the park grow, the automobile driveways can be closed to cars and they can be left to pedestrians to navigate.

Thank you! Completely serious, I appreciate the logical response.

When my mind looks at the twisting/twirling trails, such as the “6” to the west of the quarry, I just hope people are able to access that without having to divert completely away from the destinations by following the trails. From how I perceive the rendering, seems arduous to get between sections of the park.

I’m sure it’ll make more sense once able to walk it.

[atlHawks]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Let’s answer a question. How many people live walking distance to the western edge of the quarry once the park is built out?.

A lot. You got West Highlands right there. New houses are being built every month and they still have hundreds more to go.

Ashton Woods is planning a few hundred townhomes across the entrance of the park. Wood Partners is building a mixed use with a few hundred apartments on the NE side. Quarry Yards to the South. Existing homes all over. I don’t think you’re informed on the latest on this part of town.

[AtlHeel]

Originally Posted by Street Advocate

Thank you! Completely serious, I appreciate the logical response.

When my mind looks at the twisting/twirling trails, such as the “6” to the west of the quarry, I just hope people are able to access that without having to divert completely away from the destinations by following the trails. From how I perceive the rendering, seems arduous to get between sections of the park.

I’m sure it’ll make more sense once able to walk it.

I think the landscape architects were focusing on creating more natural looking paths that relate to how the topography might go around a deep pond in the Piedmont region. I think the overall design is deferential to the quarry, and I like that. The circulation parameters will change too!