"The Stitch" - Plan to Cap the Connector Moves Forward (Atlanta: college, costs)

[tikigod311]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Why are people always acting like MARTA is not the most important thing in the ATL?

I know! It's always

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by JPD

Me neither. Besides, that thread is for renaming existing stations, and not hypothetical stations. CQ's just trying to be forum dad.

Haha...totally.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by tikigod311

Well, to be fair, this thread is about the stitch and now it has literally nothing to do with it

I love MARTA too, but it doesn't need to be the primary topic of every thread

True this...but somehow the thread segued over to infill stations, Krog Street, et al.

[primaltech]

'The Stitch' will be the 2nd greatest development project in Atlanta's future. Tied with the Gulch redevelopment.

#1 will be whenever Hulsey closes/sells...

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by JPD

Well, it wouldn't be in Cabbagetown, and it would serve a much larger area than just tiny Cabbagetown. So I would favor Krog Street Station. Maybe a two part name, incorporating the Eastside Beltline or O4W in some way. Really, it'd be foolish not to capitalize on being one of the only (are there any others?) stations directly on the Beltline.

Originally Posted by primaltech

Krog St / Cabbagetown station has a good ring to it.

Or, Old Fourth Ward / Cabbagetown station. It would be the closest station to O4W's neighborhood boundaries. Right on the edge of it:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ol...!4d-84.3726075

Or you could maybe rename Civic Center to Old Fourth Ward station.

Either way I feel like the ever-popular O4W should have a station named for it.

I like the name Krog Street Station. I think it would be ideal...and awesome for the area.

[tikigod311]

Originally Posted by primaltech

'The Stitch' will be the 2nd greatest development project in Atlanta's future. Tied with the Gulch redevelopment.

#1 will be whenever Hulsey closes/sells...

Timely comment primaltech...DID YOU KNOW SOMETHING

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

my pet peeve is how the east line was constructed so that all the stations seem to be exactly in the right place to make the walk as long as possible. king/memorial should have been at boulevard, reynoldstown/inman park should have been at moreland, and avondale station is a mile away from avondale estates! it is too late and expensive to fix it at this point but i don't know what they were thinking.

Originally Posted by cqholt

1) King Memorial Station- Boulevard provided no space for station footprint, also Hulsey Yard.
2) Inman Park/Renyoldstown Station- positioned to take advantage of the cancelled freeway thru the Eastside, connecting 400 to I-675.

3) Avondale Station- Avondale yard and they needed large P&R lot as it was the end of the line.

Originally Posted by primaltech

Yeah, if King Memorial had been built right on the east side of Boulevard, about halfway between GA State and Inman Park stations, then there wouldn't be a need for an infill, as that station would serve Cabbagetown well, and the Beltline and Krog area. And west Reynoldstown. Also it would have served Grant Park better, and been a much shorter walk to the King Center. And it wouldn't lose any coverage that it serves now.

Oops.

And yeah, it's a shame that Avondale station isn't halfway between Decatur and Kensington stations, where Avondale yard is. That would make all that quaint village area a TOD.

Also, Civic Center and North Avenue stations are like right next to each other. I wish we could move North Avenue Station up to 5th St, Midtown station up to 12th St, and then Arts Center up to 17th right at Pershing. That would also eliminate the need for another station for north Midtown.

I would not despair so much about the Avondale Station part. There is a possibility for improvement. Here is what I recommend:

1. Rename Avondale Station to Sycamore Station. The immediate area is "Sycamore This" and "Sycamore That." The station is at Sycamore Street and Sycamore Drive.

2. Build an infill station along North Clarendon Avenue as part of the Avondale Estates town village and call the new station the Avondale Estates Station.

[primaltech]

Originally Posted by tikigod311

Timely comment primaltech...DID YOU KNOW SOMETHING

I know, right? I'm a sage.

[primaltech]

I do think it's a shame that the stations aren't spaced ideally, or at the most ideal locations. If they were, there would be no need for most of these infills.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by primaltech

I know, right? I'm a sage.

More like a soothsayer.


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