Renaming MARTA Stations (Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody: light rail, medical center, metro)

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by Gulch

It needs to be a geographic identifier and not for a person (HE Holmes is named such due to HE Holmes Drive).

Yeah, how about renaming Sandy Springs Station Abernathy? It's on Abernathy Rd.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Gulch

It needs to be a geographic identifier and not for a person (HE Holmes is named such due to HE Holmes Drive).

How about calling it Football Stadium station?

[toll_booth]

Originally Posted by Gulch

It needs to be a geographic identifier and not for a person (HE Holmes is named such due to HE Holmes Drive).

Fair enough. I think a better name might be something like Gulch station.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by toll_booth

Fair enough. I think a better name might be something like Gulch station.

That's actually not a bad idea

[A-Town Down]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

here's a map— oakhurst is in decatur and kirkwood and east lake are in atlanta. The MARTA station for East Lake is in the little cut-out of the upper northwest of oakhurst.

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for the map, you learn something new everyday.

Originally Posted by cqholt

Memorial and MLK Jr Dr run parallel to each other, they do not intersect.
Scottdale is not an incorporated city.

And yet, some people think King Memorial is named after both roads. That's the point I was making.
Also I'm not sure what Scottdale being incorporated has to do with anything. It's still an established area, like an Oakhurst .

Originally Posted by JPD

You must hang out with the crowd that thinks you're in Downtown Atlanta the minute you cross Moreland on Ponce.

My crowd may confuse East Atlanta with Decatur, but that's it.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by A-Town Down

Hmm, interesting. Thanks for the map, you learn something new everyday.



And yet, some people think King Memorial is named after both roads. That's the point I was making.
Also I'm not sure what Scottdale being incorporated has to do with anything. It's still an established area, like an Oakhurst .




My crowd may confuse East Atlanta with Decatur, but that's it.

Oakhurst is an incorporated inside the City of Decatur, it's a neighborhood like Old 4 Ward. Scottdale is an unincorporated area.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by Iconographer

Reminds me of negotiating the train system in Bangkok. You sit through the announcements of all these exotic station names (Asok! Sam Yan! Sutthisan! Lamphini!), then out of the blue comes National Convention Centre!

The announcements on MARTA have become a scourge, and many of them are ads for Delta. Name the stations based on location and there won't be a need for so many announcements. There's no need for the constant interruptions is such a basic system. People are trying to read, so $+FU.

[1NationUnderTOD]

En MARTA, creemos todos deben disfrutar el viaje

[A-Town Down]

Originally Posted by cqholt

Oakhurst is an incorporated inside the City of Decatur, it's a neighborhood like Old 4 Ward. Scottdale is an unincorporated area.

I've never been one to argue nuances because it's not that serious to me lol especially when Scottdale is still a recognized area. I consider the Farmer's Market to be close to or within the boundaries of Scottdale. You don't, and that's fine too.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

good choices aries, but these threw me for a loop. sell me on 'em!

OK...

I think Atlanta should embrace and cultivate its identity, history, and originality. Hence, using Atlanta's earlier place-names for current neighborhoods and districts would be wise/smart.


Marthasville
Thrasherville
Deanville
Canebrake or Canebreak

Read/learn more here:
Origin of the name Atlanta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthasville,_Georgia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thrasher
https://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/.../thrasherville
https://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=59670


All of the aformentioned names are very Atlanta and have that "Southern Originality" that is a good-look for our city.

So that no one freaks...The other early name for Atlanta, "Terminus", is reserved for the name of the Downtown-oriented borough under the Boroughs of Atlanta system that I proposed here:

//www.city-data.com/forum/51196433-post165.html



So...
South Downtown should be called Marthasville.
"Western" Downtown from the Thrasherville historical marker to the Dome, et al. MARTA station on up past GWCC to North Avenue (but east of Northside Drive) should be called Thrasherville.
"Eastern" Downtown around Georgia State University and the Georgia State MARTA station should be called Deanville.
The district/neighborhood clustered around the intersection of Ivan Allen Boulevard, Ralph McGill Boulevard, and Peachtree Street bounded by Buttermilk Bottom to the east, Baker Street and the Hotel District to the south, Techwood Drive/William Street to the west, and Midtown to the north should be called Canebrake (or Canebreak). This is the former Allen-McGill/SoNo.


So...
From the Five Points Station going south there would be the Marthasville Station.
From the Five Points Station going west there would be the Thrasherville Station.
From the Five Points Station going east there would be the Deanville Station.
From the Five Points Station going north there would be the Peachtree Center Station, then the Canebrake (or Canebreak) Station.