national center for civil and human rights groundbreaking soon

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Sorry, I was just kidding you a little. For some of us oldsters saying "the highlands" clangs about the same way as saying "I'm going to the Midtowns" or "she lives in the Buckheads" would.

nah it wasn't my comment anyway— i was teasing you also.

i refer to it as virginia-highland, but i don't mind it all that much if someone says 'the highlands'— think of it this way, virginia-highland is hilly, covered in trees and homey, it sort of feels like 'the highlands'.

if that one doesn't work, do what i do— there are two neighbourhoods, virginia-highland and poncey-highland. if someone is talking about going up near "the highlands", just assume they're referring to both neighbourhoods since they run together anyway.

[BobKovacs]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Two Intown Projects Reveal Revised Designs: One's Better, the Other...Not So Much - Architecture of Note - Curbed Atlanta

Wow- that's half the size it was originally, but still 70% of the budget. While the architecture is neat, even at the higher end of their 35,000-42,000sf, $70 million is over $1,600/sf, which is far more than they need to spend to build a quality museum. IMO, they'd be better served by a simpler design that gets them more square footage for the same money, allowing them to have more exhibit space. I'm not saying they need to build a box, but they could still build a beautiful space for half that $/sf cost.

[berkeleylake]

Sounds like good news for downtown ATL. I think this attraction would be a another strong tourist draw for Centennial Park. On a personal note, I don't care for the architectural design in the picture, I guess I am old-fashioned.