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Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Originally Posted by _OT
Why won't you post the pictures of the areas surrounding L5P?
I posted everything that came up under 'L5P'. I'm not the one cherrypicking street scenes to bolster an argument.
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Originally Posted by _OT
L5P isn't really a dense, compact, walkable neighborhood. I personally love L5P more than Montrose, but I will admit that Montrose functions more as an actual neighborhood, or a full community than L5P. (Diverse Housing, Restaurants, Bars/Clubs, Grocery Stores, Hotels, Parks, Libraries, Schools, etc.)
So you continue to parrot, but with the exception of the Moreland Overpass (designed to accommodate heavy traffic flow on DeKalb Avenue, and a painfully inaccurate representation of the neighborhood at large), I failed to see anything in those images that I would deem "unwalkable". It's a fairly easy proposition to negotiate your way from one commercial district in the neighborhood to another; I've walked or biked from L5P to the McLendon strip, Inman Park Village, N. Highland, Reynoldstown, Edgewood or Ponce many times. You can even do it without using a four lane road.
It doesn't help that the OP is comparing an entire neighborhood (Montrose) to a relatively small commercial district (L5P). I find that rather disingenuous.
Your 'pet peeve' seems rather perplexing, as I find these neighborhoods to be on average no smaller or larger than those of other cities in which I have lived. And as an Atlanta native, I find them not at all homogeneous; they have very distinct and dissimilar personalities. I don't think the average Atlantan 'lumps them together' as you assert, either.
Not a 'dude', BTW. Not everyone that posts on here is.
haha, sorry most are males here. Meant no offense by that. ATL is an awesome city and I get your point...L5P IMO clearly beats Montrose and yes I have walked them both. But L5P is not among the top 19th century architecture in the south. Far far from it actually.
Here's the thing, in the grand scheme of cities, even mid sized cities, neither Montrose nor L5P is anything that special and they are districts that could exist in ANY over million metro and be right at home.
L5P isn't really a dense, compact, walkable neighborhood. I personally love L5P more than Montrose, but I will admit that Montrose functions more as an actual neighborhood, or a full community than L5P. (Diverse Housing, Restaurants, Bars/Clubs, Grocery Stores, Hotels, Parks, Libraries, Schools, etc.)
As mentioned, Montrose isn't the most Urban/Walkable neighborhood, but they have the bones, structure, and potential for it to bloom overnight.
Wouldn't a better comparison be Inman Park and not L5P?Isnt L5p a part of Inman Park?Isnt the MARTA station one or two blocks away?I mean all you mentioned about Montrose is in tht area.Even a theater in L5P
Most people who aren't from Atlanta don't realize that L5P isn't a neighborhood, and is just a commercial district between Inman Park, Edgewood, Candler Park, and Reynoldstown. All of these areas are walkable streetcar suburbs and have transit connections.
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Location: St Simons Island, GA
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Originally Posted by Peter1948
haha, sorry most are males here. Meant no offense by that. ATL is an awesome city and I get your point...L5P IMO clearly beats Montrose and yes I have walked them both. But L5P is not among the top 19th century architecture in the south. Far far from it actually..
Again, I qualified my statement by saying some. I also said, to put a finer point on it, LATE 19th Century architecture (an important distinction to anyone with some rudimentary knowledge on the subject). Some of the most influential families in the South from that period (Candler, Alston, Hurt, Inman et al) built homes in the neighborhood. Frankly, I don't how anyone could make a sweeping statement like the one quoted with any definitive authority...even you.
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Originally Posted by Peter1948
Here's the thing, in the grand scheme of cities, even mid sized cities, neither Montrose nor L5P is anything that special and they are districts that could exist in ANY over million metro and be right at home.
Such a specious argument could be used against just about any neighborhood. And that wasn't the point of the thread, anyway.
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