What are ten things that you'd like to see happen in Atlanta?
I'm looking for developments, events, improvements, social issues, cultural issues etc.

If possible - I'm looking for what would be improvements. Sarcastic swipes at the city could probably go in another thread (or forum).

Thanks.

Sarcastic swipes at the city could probably go in another thread (or forum).

Thanks.

no, they will be brigged.

^^Like that one? He'll be brigged?

Okay . . . (in no order)

1.) Some filler skyscrapers to connect the clusters.
2.) Extension of the MARTA system.
3.) Expansion of the already shiitie zoo.
4.) More parks set aside before the big downtown boom (it's coming).
5.) The World's Fair.
6.) Atlantans start to think they live in Georgia, not Atlanta.
7.) A presidential visit, you'd think they'd be more often.
8.) A new mayor, not that Franklin is bad, but we could have better.
9.) Some parade other than MLK day.
10.) A decrease in crime.

10 is a lot, I don't know if I can come up with that many. So a few of these are kinda lame just to fill the bill.

1) Catch up to its size in terms of public transit. Mainly, add new lines to the MARTA rail.
2) Bring together the various parts of the downtown area with some vibrant infill.
3) Improve the poverty and crime issues that plague certain parts of the city.
4) Establish a cultural district on par with the French Quarter or Deep Ellum.
5) By the same token, work on attracting artists and producing art that says "Atlanta", regardless of whether it's hip-hop or sculpture.
6) Break its reputation as a corporate city.
7) Be assertive in giving people incentives to move back into the city from the 'burbs.
8) Gain a reputation for progressive education programs.
9) As always, add lots more buildings to the skyline :)
10) Annex Southern California.

1. More inter-city movement.
2. A more vibrant Downtown
3. Expansion on the MARTA
4. CNN to blow up!
5. A mass population growth.
6. whatever any else wants
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1. Retail that you would actually want to shop at between midtown and dowtown
2. Less crime
3. Less traffic
4. A new signature tower downtown
5. A few new tall residential towers around Centennial Park
6. A new signature tower in Buckhead
7. More of a focus on downtown instead of Buckhead
8. Extend MARTA
9. A random demand for more highrises:D
10. A park somewhat like Millenium Park in Chicago.

thanks!

So far, I like the responses.

My favourites other than the ones that propose reducing crime, poverty, and a reliance on automobiles are the ones that urge a focus on identity away from Buckhead (this is the only area that many Northerners recognize) and those that urge locating to Midtown/Downtown.

It's funny, I'm a Bostonian who is moving to ATL. A friend from Boston is a fave artist who exhibits regularly in Buckhead (www.bennettstgallery.com. galleries, her name is Jen Bradley, and the gallery is great even if she's not your cup of tea) and she had ZERO idea about Midtown, Virginia Higlands, L5P, Downtown, East Atlanta, Cabbagetown, or Decatur. Once ATL solidifies its identity as being "more than Buckhead" to out-of-towners, then it will take-off even more.

Funny, Buckhead is not one of my favourite places in ATL.

Bennett Street isn't exactly the nicest part of Buckhead so I'm surprised she hasn't had a chance to see the rest of the city. There are some nice residential neighborhoods around that part of Peachtree but the environment on Peachtree itself is strips malls and a total lack of respect for the pedestrian.

Next time she is down here after you move, you'll have to blow her mind by showing her Atlanta is more than a parking lot.

1. underground music/concert scene like it had 3-4 years ago; plenty of shows, good show promotion, 5-8 good venues for that music.
2. fewer transplant georgians and suburban loving assholes.
3. better mass transit.
4. more mass transit.
5. fewer rude bums, send 'em to Nashville or Charlotte.
6. oh, REDESIGN THE ROAD SYSTEM. not sure how, but it's just...too chaotic. get rid of those stupid yellow "dividers."
7. cheaper parking...maybe a megagarage or two.
8. get rid of the surface lots in midtown...put up a bigass plaza i guess, that'd be cool.
9. less office vacancy.
10. DOWNTOWN NOT CLOSING ON THE WEEKENDS...too much of it closes.

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It becomes a city of Pepsi drinkers.

01. Eradicate racial seggregation and promote mixed neighbourhoods
02. Zero-tolerance on crime, more police in so to fight crime
03. Promote public transportation as safe, cheap and comfortable way to get to work and home, modern Marta busses. Extend Marta rail.
04. Vibrant downtown, cumpulsory groundlevel retail for every building and more nightlife facilities.
05. Cumpulsory undergrond parking garages within city limits, an end to multi storey parking garages.
06. Promote more residential high-rises within city limits particularly downtown.
07. Get rid of submerged powerlines and have them underground, particularly within city limits.
08. Create and bring more festivals to the city, and promote the city as the festival center.
09. Attract more museums and educational facilties to the city.
10. A fantasy, create an artificial river channel through the city with waterfalls and greenery.

It becomes a city of Pepsi drinkers.

HA. Pepsi is the worst idea anyone has ever had. What an embarassment. Pepsi is probably the reason that there is crime and poverty. :soapbox:

01. Eradicate racial seggregation and promote mixed neighbourhoods
02. Zero-tolerance on crime, more police in so to fight crime
03. Promote public transportation as safe, cheap and comfortable way to get to work and home, modern Marta busses. Extend Marta rail.
04. Vibrant downtown, cumpulsory groundlevel retail for every building and more nightlife facilities.
05. Cumpulsory undergrond parking garages within city limits, an end to multi storey parking garages.
06. Promote more residential high-rises within city limits particularly downtown.
07. Get rid of submerged powerlines and have them underground, particularly within city limits.
08. Create and bring more festivals to the city, and promote the city as the festival center.
09. Attract more museums and educational facilties to the city.
10. A fantasy, create an artificial river channel through the city with waterfalls and greenery.

The Marta buses can't get any more modern than that, what are you talking about"

Less crime
More vibrant downtown
More inner city growth
Less suburban growth
Domeless football stadium
No more superbowls in the dome
Downtown retail
Less strip clubs
People who claim Atlanta's the best but they live in the suburbs.
Less traffic.

3. better mass transit.
4. more mass transit.

7. cheaper parking...maybe a megagarage or two.

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There won't be much of a reason for 3 & 4 if you also want 7. What downtown does need is more 30 minute / 1 hour / 2 hour parking to promote more visits, but the huge glut of cheap parking around downtown's edge explains the limited usage of transit.

1. Stop building strip centers
2. More MARTA lines
3. Less traffic
4. More stores downtown
5. People who actually live in "Atlanta"
6. Cooler summers
7. Downtown open past 11pm
8. People who actually use the subway
9. People walking around downtown
10. Forget the olympics ever happened there

Somebody should email the city council and tell them to READ THIS. ;D

Harsher punishment for parole violaters, Stan.






....AND World Peace.

:)

Delta goes out of business.

More Atlantan's stay home instead of vacationing in the NC Mountains.

Someone finds a pulse in downtown Atlanta after 5 and on weekends.

The rest of Georgia secedes from Atlanta.

GA, SC, TN, AL install toll booths at their borders with the new State of Atlanta.

Why would you want Delta to go out of business? lol

Why would you want Delta to go out of business? lol

So ATL could get more discounters in the market.

Atlanta isn't really lacking discount airlines.

If Delta goes out of business, that's quite a few people losing their jobs.

Atlanta isn't really lacking discount airlines.

If Delta goes out of business, that's quite a few people losing their jobs.

OK.

And another visit from UpwardCharlotte...

1. More Rail Transit
2. More infill
3.Speed up the beltline
4.Speed up the trolley
5. Bitch slap rude thugs on the spot.
6. Mandatory Driving Lessons
7.More People at art events
8.Bomb clubbers( I can't believe you people stand in line- you're not missing anything)
9.Bomb 99x
10.More Police, More Police, More Police, More Police, More Police, More Police

5. Bitch slap rude thugs on the spot.

:yes:

My list is ranked mostly by probability of it ever happening

1)The city enacting stricter zoning rules requiring ground level retail along ALL major roads in the CBD(midtown and dt).

2)A team of developers coming together to develop the Midtown square property and the surface lots from 10th to 14th into highrises with a retail covering the entire span with "destination" retail included.

3)Streetscape improvement of Peachtree all the way to Buckhead

4)Adding more tourist/entertainment options around centennial park like the Nascar museum or an observation tower w/ retail at the base.

5)Redeveloping more roads like Ivan Allen Boulevard (currently uc), especially downtown

6)A new park on the westside of the city

7)The city creating height limits througout the city, limiting future highrises to the clusters of dt, midtown and buckhead.

8)Implosion of the peachtree st block south of 5 points and starting from scratch

9)Bury all power lines in the city

10)Converting the downtown connector into a tunnel with a long park on top of it.

5. A few new tall residential towers around Centennial Park
6. A new signature tower in Buckhead


5. Twelve Centennial is scheduled to start construction this spring.

6. The tallest building in Buckhead will break ground in May.

My list is ranked mostly by probability of it ever happening

1)The city enacting stricter zoning rules requiring ground level retail along ALL major roads in the CBD(midtown and dt).

2)A team of developers coming together to develop the Midtown square property and the surface lots from 10th to 14th into highrises with a retail covering the entire span with "destination" retail included.

3)Streetscape improvement of Peachtree all the way to Buckhead

4)Adding more tourist/entertainment options around centennial park like the Nascar museum or an observation tower w/ retail at the base.

5)Redeveloping more roads like Ivan Allen Boulevard (currently uc), especially downtown

6)A new park on the westside of the city

7)The city creating height limits througout the city, limiting future highrises to the clusters of dt, midtown and buckhead.

8)Implosion of the peachtree st block south of 5 points and starting from scratch

9)Bury all power lines in the city

10)Converting the downtown connector into a tunnel with a long park on top of it.

the best list i've seen on here. need people like you in office.

9)Bury all power lines in the city

10)Converting the downtown connector into a tunnel with a long park on top of it.

man i like these ideas, power lines are so freakin ugly to look at

In regards to ATL's adult entertainment scene, chalk that up to Atlanta rappers who like to frequent them. As long as Atlanta hip-hop artists like strip joints, the strip clubs will be there.

^ Don't you mean pro athletes?

In regards to ATL's adult entertainment scene, chalk that up to Atlanta rappers who like to frequent them. As long as Atlanta hip-hop artists like strip joints, the strip clubs will be there.

Don't forget Motley Crue's "Girls Girls Girls"
Rockin in Atlanta at TattleTail's

'course that was like 20 yrs ago

Train system connecting Atlanta to other GA cities like Columbus, Macon, and Savannah would be nice.

1. A huge mass transit system
2. Vibrant/walkable downtown-midtown-buckhead corridor that has depth as well
3. Less homeless... well, while I'm at it, no homless!
4. Highspeed rail for connection to Bham, Nashville, and Charlotte. And commuter rail for the exurbs and Athens and Macon
5. A pretty new Coke building!

Somebody should email the city council and tell them to READ THIS. ;D

Some do, I am not kidding. I ask and truns out shriley is a fan

1. A huge mass transit system
2. Vibrant/walkable downtown-midtown-buckhead corridor that has depth as well
3. Less homeless... well, while I'm at it, no homless!
4. Highspeed rail for connection to Bham, Nashville, and Charlotte. And commuter rail for the exurbs and Athens and Macon
5. A pretty new Coke building!

I definitely agree with a new Coke building. I wonder why they never built a bigger building that stands out?

At one time they had talked about building a signature tower on what is now the aquarium/WoC property. But the timing was never right. The cola business hasn't been great for the past decade or so and Coke has had lots of lawsuits, C level turnover, etc. as distractions.

I would be happy if they would just do a major renovation of their current campus. It is a truely horrible urban design. The whole thing is surrounded by fences and parking lots. If they could somehow redesign the layout to become a transition between Centennial Place and Georgia Tech, it would be great. Hopefully the change in land usage after the aqaurium opens will improve the neighborhood to an extent that they won't feel the need to be Fortress Coke.

Here is a wish - a downtown grocery store since the Kroger at City Hall will be closing. There will possibly be a new grocery store on the north side of downtown though in the coming years.

Actually, Atlanta's large adult entertainment industry has more to do with the city's convention trade than anything else. Look also at Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail) and Las Vegas (the whole place) as examples.

Many of the suggestions mentioned here are good!

M only suggestion is that the city of Atlanta to annex entire counties of Fulton, Gwinnett, De Kalb, Cobb and Clayton to be one huge city.

Yeah Justadude, forgot the pro athletes. In Tampa, over on Dale Mabry is where a lot of the strip joints are at, especially famed Mons Venus. It looks kind of run down now.

More english speaking Asian & Latin females. :)

I'd say more people than not would like to see Atlanta closer to the Atlantic Coast.

1.More skyscrapers
2.Another Olympics within the next 50 years.
3. The NASCAR Hall of Fame
4. The Beltline
5. More people move into the city
6. Better Transit (More MARTA lines!?)

I'd say more people than not would like to see Atlanta closer to the Atlantic Coast.

Maybe in about 50 years the metro area will be encroaching the outskirts of Savannah.

Maybe in about 50 years the metro area will be encroaching the outskirts of Savannah.
Lol! That or global warming will make Atlanta coastal.

HA. Pepsi is the worst idea anyone has ever had. What an embarassment. Pepsi is probably the reason that there is crime and poverty. :soapbox:


yeah....Pepsi owns Mountain Dew...which caters to lazy, young, extreme sports types. These young people who surf, skateboard, bike...etc all day dont get jobs. They dont want jobs. They want to be young forever..like the people in Lords of Dogtown. Eventually, the real world catches up with them...and their parent kick their asses out of the house. Not having any money saved up because they spent in on new extreme sports equipment or partying...they are poor. Also, not graduating high school or going to college, not having previous jobs.....they cant find any way to support themselves. This leads to becoming a petty criminal....usually somewhere in Southern California or Flordia.

yeah....Pepsi owns Mountain Dew...which caters to lazy, young, extreme sports types. These young people who surf, skateboard, bike...etc all day dont get jobs. They dont want jobs. They want to be young forever..like the people in Lords of Dogtown. Eventually, the real world catches up with them...and their parent kick their asses out of the house. Not having any money saved up because they spent in on new extreme sports equipment or partying...they are poor. Also, not graduating high school or going to college, not having previous jobs.....they cant find any way to support themselves. This leads to becoming a petty criminal....usually somewhere in Southern California or Flordia.

ironically, i think mountain dew is one of the few things pepsi has done right. i love code red