Bellwood Quarry Reservoir Project Approved by Atlanta City Council (hotel, neighborhood)

[atlHawks]

Originally Posted by Focused Husbandad

This city is really getting its act together. This rocks!! Make parking a premium to keep the hood out.

From the Virtual Tour, there will be plenty of parking. The hood rides MARTA lol

[SEAandATL]

Originally Posted by tikigod311

Considering this is very close to "the hood" I don't think parking will be much of a deterrent

I do wonder how much crime this park will "attract". It's so huge and it seems like it will be easy to be alone, which is awesome, but not exactly the safest scenario. Considering how close this is to ground zero for the heroin trade in the SE, I can see a lot of folks attempting to take up residence in the park too.

By no means am I bringing this up as an argument against the park, we need to invest more and more in the westside. But there will be realities to building this in a not so great area. I don't think it is fair to write this off like it will be the same experience as Piedmont Park

Maybe the same thing that happened on the Eastside will happen to the Westside. It wasn't long ago when some of the now thriving Eastside neighborhoods were "the hood".

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Sorry but a pretty view is not worth the death of a person.

Cannot argue with this.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by AnsleyPark

Cannot argue with this.

Yep. Death bad.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Sorry but a pretty view is not worth the death of a person.

Now for cars, bring on the blood sacrifices, amiright? Pedestrian and traffic deaths alike must continue to appease the angry gods that punish Atlanta with bad Traffic.

[Forhall]

Beautiful park. Battle of gentrification vs crime, the result is either:

1. Crime wins, park becomes blighted and unsafe and investment in the park and surrounding area stalls.

2. Park is a success, homes and businesses around it command a premium, and it starts the massive change and gentrification of the West side that has been a long time coming.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Forhall

Beautiful park. Battle of gentrification vs crime, the result is either:

1. Crime wins, park becomes blighted and unsafe and investment in the park and surrounding area stalls.

2. Park is a success, homes and businesses around it command a premium, and it starts the massive change and gentrification of the West side that has been a long time coming.

Conventional wisdom would suggest that #2 shall prevail.

[tikigod311]

Originally Posted by SEAandATL

Maybe the same thing that happened on the Eastside will happen to the Westside. It wasn't long ago when some of the now thriving Eastside neighborhoods were "the hood".

The difference b/t the Eastside and Westside is one has had good bones, the other doesn't. Midtown and 04W were def sketchier back in the day, but these weren't no mans lands or they at least were close to areas that were desirable. There's virtually nothing nice next to this park. It will be surrounded by industrial development, a jail, railroad tracks, one of the worse parts of town and one "up and coming" neighborhood. The parks don't seem comparable in my mind.

That's not to say the area will improve...it most certainly will. Hell, I almost bought a house in Howell Station. But my point is this park will take a different course than others and it is going to be interesting to see how this plays out. At least initially, I will use this park with a higher level of caution than say, Piedmont park. But I will definitely be using the park and I can't wait for it to open.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Sorry but a pretty view is not worth the death of a person.

Of course it is. Someone died during the construction of the Eiffel Tower. Should the Eiffel Tower never have been built?

[AnsleyPark]

Originally Posted by JPD

Of course it is. Someone died during the construction of the Eiffel Tower. Should the Eiffel Tower never have been built?

Not that I was around 100+ years ago, but I imagine that, for that time, they had reasonable safety measures in order to minimize injury and death during the construction. They certainly constructing railing and other safety measures into the Eiffel Tower to prevent, a reasonably as possible, the death of visitors. I don't believe anyone is saying don't build the park because someone may be injured. The real question should be, what reasonable safety precautions should be incorporated into the park?