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June 16, 2013
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A Saturday visit to Piedmont Park

Our trip started with lunch on Broad Street at Reuben’s, where I took the photo above. Look at all the people at the patio tables — what a lovely sight.

We caught the #110 bus nearby at Five Points, where a toothless man on a bike wished me happy Fathers Day and gave my son a beach ball. City life.

The bus took us to Tenth Street and we walked from there to Piedmont Park. I stopped to take a photo of Midtown skyscrapers rising above the greenery.

After playing with the beach ball in the park and enjoying the awesome Noguchi Playscape, we walked down the Beltline to Inman Park (stopping briefly to visit Piper the Beltline Cat) for dinner at Victory Sandwich, then to the MARTA station for a ride back home. Shweet.

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June 15, 2013
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The view from our bedroom does not disappoint.

The view from our bedroom does not disappoint.

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June 13, 2013
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"[Ryan Gravel] hopes that the completed project will also put an end to Atlanta being so reliant on cars: “When you look at demographic changes and preferences of Millennials, the world is changing and Atlanta needs to reposition itself so that it’s not known as a car city. The car culture in every city — but especially in Atlanta — it has to change."

— A Brilliant Project That Will Completely Transform Atlanta Almost Didn’t Happen | Business Insider 6/13/2013

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June 13, 2013
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The urban canyon on 12th Street in Midtown Atlanta is pretty impressive. I don’t want to get all old-timer-y and “I remember when” on you people, but *holy cow* — what a change from the way this street looked just 10 years ago. It’s like someone dropped Vancouver down out of the sky.

The urban canyon on 12th Street in Midtown Atlanta is pretty impressive.

I don’t want to get all old-timer-y and “I remember when” on you people, but *holy cow* — what a change from the way this street looked just 10 years ago. It’s like someone dropped Vancouver down out of the sky.

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June 13, 2013
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"At this point if the streetcar doesn’t explode and kill a dozen orphans, much of the city will be disappointed. I can’t remember a similar sized project with so many cheering for it to be a failure."

— Anonymous commenter, Is Optimistic Atlanta Streetcar Projection Unreasonable? | Curbed Atlanta

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June 12, 2013
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I took this one last night while we were out for a walk. There are spots downtown where you get amazing views that encompass very different types of architecture. That diversity in building types parallels Atlanta’s rich history quite nicely.

I took this one last night while we were out for a walk. There are spots downtown where you get amazing views that encompass very different types of architecture.

That diversity in building types parallels Atlanta’s rich history quite nicely.

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June 11, 2013
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"For years (decades), the city has contemplated an MMPT to connect modes of transportation…Atlanta’s failure to plan points of connection for the various modes of transportation has allowed the city to grow in such a way that it’s now difficult to connect the modes of transit."

— High-Speed Rail from Atlanta? Transit Projects Offer Planning Opportunities | Ryan Taylor Architects, 6/10/2013

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