Historic detailed 3D map of central Atlanta (Oglethorpe, Buckhead: how much, new construction)

[AtlantaIsHot]

I came across this by accident today. It is a map of Atlanta's core from 1919 which at that time was basically the extent of the city. I found it truly fascinating. The thickness of the central business district below Five Points is incredible. It really shows what's been lost but it also shows what still remains. It's almost as if the core evaporated and the city dispersed. A lot of the skyscrapers are impressive today but I still wish more of the older lower buildings had survived. If this has been posted before, I'm sorry. I searched and tried to locate it but it returned no results. I feel it deserves to be seen.


Click it to blow it up.
http://www.bigmapblog.com/maps/map_d...ilWXFMkplw.jpg

[aslowdodge]

Wow that is cool. Thanks for sharing!

[samiwas1]

That is pretty cool. But, when you said 3D, I expected some sort of fly-around map. I almost went from six to midnight. But, still...really neat to look at.

[sedimenjerry]

Wow. Oglethorpe and Emory were out in the boonies back then.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by AtlantaIsHot

I came across this by accident today. It is a map of Atlanta's core from 1919 which at that time was basically the extent of the city. I found it truly fascinating. The thickness of the central business district below Five Points is incredible. It really shows what's been lost but it also shows what still remains. It's almost as if the core evaporated and the city dispersed. A lot of the skyscrapers are impressive today but I still wish more of the older lower buildings had survived. If this has been posted before, I'm sorry. I searched and tried to locate it but it returned no results. I feel it deserves to be seen.


Click it to blow it up.
http://www.bigmapblog.com/maps/map_d...ilWXFMkplw.jpg

Oh yeah, It is such a shame how South Downtown has been gutted for underused surface parking lots:




“Paving decisions” in Atlanta

[AtlantaIsHot]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

That is pretty cool. But, when you said 3D, I expected some sort of fly-around map. I almost went from six to midnight. But, still...really neat to look at.

I'm sorry, I guess 3D wasn't a good word but I didn't know what to call it. 2D I guess?

[AtlantaIsHot]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Oh yeah, It is such a shame how South Downtown has been gutted for underused surface parking lots:




“Paving decisions” in Atlanta

And also the construction of the Garnett MARTA station resulted in still more plus damage to the street grid. The entire middle section of Garnett Street was cut out. It looks like it could be theoretically rebuilt though.

[atler8]

Originally Posted by jsvh

Oh yeah, It is such a shame how South Downtown has been gutted for underused surface parking lots:




“Paving decisions” in Atlanta

Oh, what a shame to see how much of the old bones in that specific south downtown area have been lost!
I spotted "Garnett" amongst the streets in the old view. I commute via MARTA's north-south line every day & the thought struck me that if the Garnett area could somehow still be as densely built as it was 100 years ago, the tragically-underutilized Garnett St. Marta Station wouldn't now be akin to something like a morgue.

[AtlantaIsHot]

Originally Posted by atler8

Oh, what a shame to see how much of the old bones in that specific south downtown area have been lost!
I spotted "Garnett" amongst the streets in the old view. I commute via MARTA's north-south line every day & the thought struck me that if the Garnett area could somehow still be as densely built as it was 100 years ago, the tragically-underutilized Garnett St. Marta Station wouldn't now be akin to something like a morgue.

It is kinda sad. There isn't much around the Garnett station to go to. Back when all this was happening, interstates were being carved through all American cities and cities were trying to accommodate commuters. Downtown was still the center of the area's economy in the 50's and 60's and that's why a lot of these lots were built. Now that a lot of activity is generated further north they aren't needed as much. On the plus side, while downtown thinned, Midtown expanded and so did Buckhead. Still would've been nice to keep most of this, downtown as a skyline would be truly SICK (in the good way).

[jsvh]

I will say, watch South Downtown over the next decade. I think the Underground redevelopment may be just the thing to kick this area off.

It is almost the perfect canvas for redevelopment projects. Great street grid, transit coverage, central location. Some great historic buildings to renovate both large and small and plenty of "green field" sites (parking lots) to do new construction.