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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, FINAL FOUR: Inman Park vs. Old Fourth Ward Josh Green Fri, 12/27/2024 - 15:48 As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament kicked off last week with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest.

Now, for each Final Four contest, voting will be open until noon Monday. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The quest to crown a champion resumes now!

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(2) Inman Park

Recap:

2011 champ Inman Park showed Decatur the exit with a whopping 70 percent of votes in Round 1, and then bumped eastside neighbor Cabbagetown from the competition earlier this week.

Inman Park's parkside Waverly Way in 2022. Google Maps

Inarguably one of Atlanta’s most charming neighborhoods, the city’s “first planned suburb” remains a beautiful, fascinating amalgam of Victorian homes, useful greenspaces, transit/Beltline accessibility, and well-planned commercial hubs along North Highland Avenue, Krog Street, and elsewhere. For more than 50 years, Inman Park has also hosted one of the city’s best neighborhood festivals—no small feat in festival-happy ATL.

This year’s most splashy addition was the adaptive-reuse Painted Park, an expanded dining and entertainment concept borne of the old Parish space along the Eastside Trail. Elsewhere, the expansion of a 1950s complex promises to add vibrancy to Inman Park’s main commercial crossroads. Despite its attributes, Inman Park hasn’t taken the crown in one of these criteria-free contests since the very first one, 13 long years ago. Can a strong ’24 change that?  

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(3) Old Fourth Ward

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In Round 1, Old Fourth Ward escorted historic Adair Park to the door, and then edged feisty Summerhill in Elite Eight action. O4W is indeed a past champion, too—but not since 2012.  

The distinctive Forth hotel tower, at left, and Overline Residences apartments, as seen from Historic Fourth Ward Park earlier this year. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

Beltline-connected Old Fourth Ward has been a hotbed of supersonic growth for what seems like ages now. As usual, O4W happenings this year were too numerous to list here, but a few highlights: Two high-rise hospitality concepts—New City’s diamond-patterned Forth hotel and the Scout Living tower over Ponce City Market—drew back their curtains in 2024, as rare for-sale condos debuted nearby at The Leon on Ponce.

Speaking of Ponce, a Complete Streets overhaul came together as an effort to improve pedestrian and bike connections between Boulevard and John Lewis Freedom Parkway. Elsewhere, the Atlanta Civic Center redo edged toward groundbreaking, and the relatively affordable evolution of Boulevard continued to rise. Nonetheless, this eastside powerhouse hasn’t claimed the (nonexistent) trophy in one of these contests for a dozen years. But could that change in ’24? 

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Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024, FINAL FOUR: East Atlanta vs. West End Josh Green Fri, 12/27/2024 - 15:02 As part of ongoing Best of Atlanta 2024 coverage, Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament kicked off last week with 16 places vying for the prestige of being called the city’s greatest.

Now, for each Final Four contest, voting will be open until noon Monday. Please, let’s keep the tourney fun and positive, as one neighborhood rises above the rest in very public fashion. The quest to crown a champion resumes now!

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(4) East Atlanta

Recap:

East Atlanta-nah-nah-nah breezed by College Park in this tourney’s initial round. Then it banded together and edged red-hot downtown by the slimmest of margins in Elite Eight action earlier this week.

Pellerin Real Estate; designs, TSW architects

Usually a tough out in year-end neighborhood tournaments (and the overall Champion in 2016), East Atlanta garnered enough reader nominations this year to land a strong No. 4 seed. Which makes sense, given the buzz around several EAV projects this year (and what could have been the most rollicking East Atlanta Strut festival to date in September). Artist Greg Mike transformed a 1980s church in the village into a modern-gothic temple to creativity, while commendably old-school designs for mixed-use development on a small scale came to light on a vacant East Atlanta corner. Elsewhere, frequent village investors Pellerin Real Estate are bringing an infill project (see above) with dozens of new homes to a site where little more than a void in EAV’s vibrancy existed before. Not too shabby. 

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(8) West End

Recap:

Arguably the best end in town, two-time champ West End showed Poncey-Highland the door in Round 1 action, then toppled mighty Midtown (the No. 1 seed) earlier this week.

West End's Lawton Street, as shown in 2022. Google Maps

West End notched a relatively seismic year as development proposals go. The 800-pound gorilla in that room is, of course, the redevelopment of Mall West End. After three false starts, the mall’s extreme makeover appears to have finally found its footing (with city backing) to turn 12 acres of parking lots into about 900 units of mixed-income housing, 125,000 square feet of retail (with a grocery store), and much more, beginning as soon as next year. Around the corner, an eye-catching apartment proposal has emerged near West End’s MARTA stop, while a pickleball emporium and more is in the pipeline along a new (and needed) Beltline stretch now in planning. Bonus points to West End in ’24 for joyously welcoming Atlanta Streets Alive back to SW ATL—not once, but on three different occasions. 

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MARTA to beef up services for 3 forthcoming, year-end events Josh Green Fri, 12/27/2024 - 13:31 MARTA officials are suggesting that ATL revelers not get behind the wheel and save money on ride-share services as a busy slate of year-end happenings approaches.

To help incentivize ridership, the transit system is planning to offer increased train service at stations throughout downtown, Buckhead, and elsewhere for three big events—the Peach Drop, the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Parade and Game, and the Polar Opposite Peachtree Road Race—starting Tuesday.

In a media announcement, MARTA warns that rail station platforms are expected to be more crowded than usual, with many newbie riders trying to find their way around. But overall the transit system is “the safest, most efficient, and most affordable way to celebrate the New Year responsibly,” as MARTA officials put it.

A quick rundown:  

PEACH DROP

Tuesday, Dec. 31

The hallowed tradition of dropping a manmade, 800-pound fruit is returning to Underground Atlanta in ’24, with the first stage opening at 6 p.m. Scheduled performers include RES, Neon Trees, and legendary rapper and songwriter Big Boi.

According to MARTA, trains will run every seven minutes on the Red/Gold Lines between Lindbergh Center Station and Airport Station, and also on the Blue/Green Lines between Ashby Station and Edgewood-Candler Park Station come Tuesday.

Following the downtown party, MARTA says extra trains will go into service to accommodate revelers.

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PEACH BOWL

Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025

This pigskin clash will pit the No. 4 seed Arizona State Sun Devils against No. 5 seed Texas Longhorns. It’s the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl’s first-ever College Football Playoff Quarterfinal game—and kind of a big deal.  

To accommodate, MARTA says trains will run every seven minutes on the Red/Gold Lines between Lindbergh Center Station and Airport Station, and also on the Blue/Green Lines between Ashby Station and King Memorial Station.

After the game, expect extra trains to help move the masses.  

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POLAR OPPOSITE RACE

Saturday, Jan. 4

Starting at 8:15 a.m., this inaugural event will be just like the regular Peachtree Road Race—apart from happening in winter and in reverse, starting at Piedmont Park and finishing at Lenox Square. Up to 5,000 runners are expected.

Trains will run every seven minutes on the Red/Gold Lines between Lindbergh Center Station and Airport Station, and also on the Blue/Green Lines between Ashby Station and Candler Park Station, per MARTA. Expect extra trains after the race, too.

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MARTA says uniformed police and MARTA Transit Ambassadors will be posted at rail stations for assistance.

Check on parking availability here, and download the Breeze Mobile 2.0 app to pay fares with smartphones in advance and save time.

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A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of an inquiry into whether she has engaged in misconduct during […]

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The Atlanta Hawks were on the verge of dropping their third straight game to the Chicago Bulls during the waning minutes of the 4th quarter during last night’s game at State Farm Arena. With less than seven minutes remaining in the game, the Hawks trailed 124-107. The Bulls had a 99.2% chance of winning the … Continued

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By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association America’s financial system is quietly reinforcing old inequities. Black American communities — historically denied access to wealth-building tools due to practices like redlining and restrictive banking — now face a new predatory financial hurdle: credit card swipe fees. For Black Americans, swipe … Continued

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Photo: Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump refused to wish a Merry Christmas to the 37 people who recently had their death sentences commuted by President Joe Biden. On Wednesday (December 25), Trump marked Christmas Day by telling the 37 former death row inmates to “GO TO HELL” after Biden commuted their sentences, per The Hill. … Continued

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Tyler Perry proudly stands with members of the cast and crew of his latest film, “The Six Triple Eight,” starring Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington and others. Perry wrote and directed the film. The true story is based on the U.S. military’s first and predominantly all-Black female unit deployed overseas during World War II from 1945 … Continued

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Kwanzaa celebrations will kick-off today and several events will take place in Atlanta and nationwide. Established in 1966 by Maulana Ron Karenga, Kwanzaa celebrates Black culture, community, family, and history. Kwanzaa gets its name from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza.” The colors of the Pan-African flag are also prominent. Red (the struggle), Black (the … Continued

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From the Saporta Report:

2024 left many Atlanta people and projects in flux as entities like GRTA were threatened and MARTA saw more conflict. The city lost icon Dexter King and novelist Tina McElroy and celebrated the legacy of Jimmy Carter. As always, major projects continued to expand the landscape at Amsterdam Walk and the Beltline – though some schools […]

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Meet the Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024 tourney Final Four! Josh Green Thu, 12/26/2024 - 15:56 After nearly 3,000 votes and several dramatic matches, the Elite Eight in Urbanize’s fourth-annual Best Atlanta Neighborhood tourney is officially in the books.

Which means it’s time, Atlanta, to meet your 2024 Final Four!

These four contestants are still alive in the quest to claim everlasting Best Neighborhood glory (for at least a year) as determined by the voting public—in very public fashion. The only criteria is that you vote for the place you feel is doing it right, right now.

Reader nominations determined the field of 16 contestants earlier this month.

The four left standing include typically strong contenders (West End, East Atlanta) and intown powerhouses (Inman Park, Old Fourth Ward) whose performances in recent years have left something to be desired.

But who will fully prevail this year, rising up to claim the crown? The Final Four contests will open Friday (that’s tomorrow, y’all).

Those will be followed by the Best Atlanta Neighborhood 2024 Championship early next week.

Thanks again to all who’ve participated. Now, onward!

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The hallowed pantheon of Best Atlanta Neighborhood tournament winners:

***2011:***Inman Park

***2012:***Old Fourth Ward

***2013:***Kirkwood

***2014:***Reynoldstown

***2015:***West End

***2016:***East Atlanta

***2017:***West End (again)

2018-2020:(forced hiatus)

2021:Mozley Park

2022:Avondale Estates

2023: Hapeville

2024: TBD

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Sultry visuals preview Midtown tower set to open next year Josh Green Thu, 12/26/2024 - 13:12 Now here’s an antidote for the chilly doldrums of winter.

Renderings have recently come to our attention that depict another student-housing tower in Midtown as a collegiate Shangri-La, with rooftop pool parties, yoga classes, bustling social zones—and not a study group in sight.

The visuals by Atlanta-based Niles Bolton Associates architects aren’t exactly new, but they show in the greatest detail to date what’s in store for Rambler Atlanta, one of a half-dozen Midtown high-rises to top out in 2024 and a reflection of the subdistrict’s surging off-campus population.

According to Midtown Alliance’s recent tabulations, some 8,500 of Midtown’s current 28,000 residents are college students attending Georgia Tech, SCAD Atlanta, Emory University, Georgia State University, and other area schools.

Rambler Atlanta, the second local project by Texas developer LV Collective, rose quickly this year from a Peachtree Street corner two blocks north of the landmark Fox Theatre

Rooftop views planned for Rambler Atlanta. Niles Bolton Associates

A pool deck, fitness center, and outdoor terrace are being positioned on or near Rambler Atlanta's roof.Niles Bolton Associates

Today, the 736 Peachtree St. development, which modified its height twice before breaking ground, stands 19 stories on a former parking lot. Rambler Atlanta will count 214 apartments and 2,977 square feet of retail space, according to building permit records.

The name echoes another LV Collective project, Rambler ATX, in the developer’s home city of Austin.

Rambler's 1-acre property had long been used as surface parking bounded by Peachtree Street, 4th Street, and to the west, Cypress Street. Under construction now are student apartments offering 798 bedrooms total, with most amenities positioned on the top floor. 

The location, as developers have noted, is less than a quarter-mile from Georgia Tech buildings at Tech Square.

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An updated look at Peachtree Street retail plans at Rambler Atlanta's base. Niles Bolton Associates

Renderings indicate a café with outdoor dining will be recessed into the building, facing Peachtree Street, with exposed pillars and garden-like components, as opposed to glass storefronts. The building’s resident lobby and leasing office will also be placed near Peachtree, at the corner of 4th Street, according to site plans.

Building amenities will include coworking spaces and bike lockers on lower levels, with the pool deck, fitness center, and an outdoor terrace positioned on or near the roof, according to architects. 

Meanwhile, the western face along Cypress Street will see no active uses—apart from a resident entrance that will put student renters closer to Tech and shuttle routes. The rest of that façade will be used for loading and service areas, essentially forming the tower’s backside.

Elsewhere, plans call for screening a 134-space, three-level parking garage with a perforated masonry wall, a means to help hide the deck.

The Rambler building is expected to deliver in time for the fall semester in August, according to project leaders. Michael Hsu Architecture and Archie Bolden are also listed as partners.

The project will join three other student towers that delivered in Midtown in 2023 alone, with much more in the pipeline. Deliveries last year included another LV Collective venture, Whistler, the final building in SCAD Atlanta’s recent growth spurt, and Hub Atlanta.

Perspectives on the 736 Peachtree site's former condition. LV Collective/Niles Bolton Associates; courtesy of Midtown Alliance

When initially presented to the Midtown Development Review Committee in 2022, LV Collective’s plans for the Peachtree site called for a building standing much taller: 37 stories with 480 apartments. That was later reduced to 29 stories and 374 units. Then in summer 2023, the height and unit count were scaled back again to the current size, though development officials haven’t provided answers as to why.

Swing up to the gallery for more Rambler Atlanta images and context—no student ID required.

Revised facade of the 736 Peachtree St. property. LV Collective; designs, Niles Bolton Associates

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Revised facade of the 736 Peachtree St. property. LV Collective; designs, Niles Bolton Associates

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Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced sentences for 37 of 40 individuals on federal death row were commuted from execution to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) President and CEO Shavon Arline-Bradley issued the following statement: “We commend President Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of majority of individuals […]

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by Ebony JJ Curry Denise J. Lewis takes the helm as the new Chairperson of the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust Board, stepping into a critical leadership role following the passing of founding member Robert Naftaly. Her appointment, effective immediately, marks a significant moment for the Trust, which serves as a vital lifeline for UAW […]

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BO DIDDLEY DECEMBER 25 1760—The first poem written by a Black person and published in America is published on Christmas day 1760. It was written by Jupiter Hammon—a slave in Long Island, N.Y., who was allowed to attend school. The poem was entitled “An Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ with Penitential Cries.” Ham­mon also wrote […]

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By Donald James, Senior Writer Gone, but not forgotten. The year 2024 witnessed the passing of many notable and extraordinary people locally and nationally. As we reflect on their lives, achievements, and legacies, it is done so with the hope of inspiring future generations to excel. While it would be difficult to chronicle all the […]

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Here now, our top 10 most popular stories of 2024 Josh Green Thu, 12/26/2024 - 11:40 In a city and metro built on growth, there’s nary a dull year. From the boomtown that is Alpharetta and skies over Midtown to sleepy Senoia, 2024 hardly disappointed.

Closing out our fourth year of coverage, it's time to reflect on what Urbanize Atlanta readers found most interesting across the year that was. The results couldn't be more random, with topics ranging from interstate rail prospects, lofty skyscrapers, and celebrity architecture to indefatigable suburban growth. (A lot of interest in the state of Atlanta's ’burbs, this year, in fact.)

Without further ado, presented below are our most popular stories of 2024, based on overall number of reads in descending order:

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No. 10

Revisiting the awe-inspiring proposal for Atlanta's tallest building

A skyscraper taller than Bank of America Plaza, lording over Underground Atlanta? "I do think the project is still possible," the architect told us in January.

How the Union Tower building could have appeared from elevated MARTA tracks near Grant Park and Sweet Auburn. eightvillage

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No. 9

Avalon-style megaproject rebrands as groundwork barrels ahead

Proof that 1,500 proposed homes will move the needle anywhere.

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No. 8

Second metro Atlanta IKEA (sort of) on tap to open this week

August saw huge interest in this Alpharetta retail news—despite the lack of Swedish meatballs.

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No. 7

Developer sheds light on tallest Atlanta project in decades, now rising

Because 60 stories of new construction in Midtown by the Rockefeller Group can’t be boring.

A rough, in-house approximation of how the 730-foot building will stand out among other newer construction near West Peachtree Street. Urbanize Atlanta

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No. 6

Images: Centennial Yards unveils next phase for Atlanta's Gulch

The first glimpse at downtown’s new “center of gravity” as the 2026 FIFA World Cup nears.

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No. 5

Huge project pitched for town 'Walking Dead' made famous

Naysaying reader comment: “The charm of little Senoia is being butchered by developers.”

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Outside Atlanta, 'Walking Dead' star's sweet modern estate for sale

Down in Serenbe, Norman Reedus’ Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired compound caught the eye of zombie enthusiasts in February. It’s still for sale today—but $600,000 cheaper.

Courtesy of Compass Greater Atlanta

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No. 3

Images: Suwanee is building a rather amazing new downtown park

Combine dazzling greenspace design with a buzzy city center in Georgia’s second most-populated county—and voila!

(Note: This project also had the year’s 10th most-read story, but we’re combing both here.)

A nighttime aerial over Suwanee's Town Center on Main and DeLay Nature Park.Courtesy of City of Suwanee

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No. 2

Amtrak ‘excited’ by potential of new Atlanta intercity rail hub

See, movers-and-shakers? Georgians do like trains.

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No. 1

Census: Georgia becomes rare state with 11M+ residents

Naturally, Peach State pride won the day in ’24.

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