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The plan was a portion of the extensive BeltLine project to construct a ring of parks, trails, and transit surrounding the core of Atlanta. As proposed, Westside Reservoir Park was nearly twice the size of Atlanta's premiere greenspace, Piedmont Park. Acquisition by the city was completed on June 30, 2006. [1]
The Atlanta Beltline is 22-mile long multi-use corridor on a former railway corridor which encircles the core of Atlanta, Georgia.The Atlanta Beltline is designed to reconnect neighborhoods and communities historically divided and marginalized by infrastructure, improve transportation, add green space, promote redevelopment, create and preserve affordable housing, and showcase arts and culture.
September — The Atlanta BeltLine received a federal TIGER V grant of $18 million to develop the southwest corridor of the Atlanta BeltLine. The future Westside Trail will be a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) multi-use trail from Washington Park to University Avenue with 16 access points.
However, "Westside" meaning other areas in the west side of Atlanta, or the entire west side (southwest Atlanta, northwest Atlanta), is used by the BeltLine [4] and by Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta Economic Development Authority. [5] Both "West Midtown" and "Westside" are used by Creative Loafing [6] [7] and Westside Atlanta Guide & Maps. [8]
In 1999, the Atlanta Housing Authority first announced plans for the "Historic Westside Village", a $130 million commercial, residential and retail project at the area's southern end near Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. at Ashby St. [33] A Publix supermarket opened in May 2002 [34] but the overall project stalled by 2003 as further anchor tenants ...
The Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail groundbreaking took place on Wednesday, November 12 at 10:30 a.m. The Westside Trail, the next major milestone for the Atlanta BeltLine’s network of trails, transit, parks and green space will be a three-mile addition running from University Avenue in Adair Park to Lena Street at Washington Park.
West Midtown is directly west of Midtown Atlanta, hence that name.The name for the area is a matter of debate. [4] The name "West Midtown" is used by the neighbors' association in Home Park, the largest constituent neighborhood, [5] the West Midtown Business Association, [6] and Westside Provisions, a privately run commercial district. [7]
Grove Park falls on the western edge of the BeltLine. On the northeastern boundary of Grove Park is the Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry which is the largest public park in Atlanta. Amenities include tournament-quality baseball fields, a skate park and rink, hiking and mountain biking trails, an amphitheater which takes advantages of skyline ...