Happy New Year!
This month's addition of Shoptalk serves as an introduction to Thomas Wheatley, Creative Loafing's News Editor,
and a review of 2014's development landmarks along with a look forward to developments
to come in 2015. Thomas Wheatley is an Atlanta native and the news editor of Creative
Loafing, Atlanta's alt-weekly. He started at CL in 2007 as a staff
writer covering transportation, urban development, and the environment. He has
also written for Flagpole and Next City. He lives with his wife
and two cats in southwest Atlanta's Westview neighborhood.
Nathan Koskovich,
AIA is a licensed architect in the state of Georgia, host of Shoptalk and chair
of the Architecture and Design Center.
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2014
Cultural Buildings
A whole set of new cultural institutions got new homes, or at least started work on a new home. Some, like the New Falcon Stadium, are more of the same, suburban models jammed into an urban context, and others, like the College Football Hall of Fame embrace the neighborhood and contribute to creating a more vibrant city.
Transit Infrastructure
Roads used to be the new transit. Then they were the only transit. Now they're the old transit and more and more alternative modes are developing in Atlanta.
Mixed Use Development
Atlanta continues to move awkwardly toward true urban developments. Some of the new developments which at least partially opened in 2014 succeed more (Ponce City Market) than others (Avalon).
2015
Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam Architects have two new exciting projects scheduled to break ground in 2015.
Culture
Many of the City's best loved cultural institutions are growing and expanding. Below are some of the most exciting looking new digs.
Infrastructure
Building out extra capacity and parallel transit systems as well as maintaining the existing networks are on the agenda for 2015
East Side Trail Extension
Development
The investment Midtown Atlanta made in planning years ago continues to pay dividends as mid and high rise developments continue to spring up in the area.
Events
The eyes of the design world don't often turn to Atlanta, but they will several times this year.
Potential
