by ssharman1 | Dec 10, 2016 | beltline, Built Environment Analysis, Major Projects, PonceCityMarket, reuse
Adaptive Reuse: History and Atlanta Though a recent term, adaptive reuse as a concept dates back to the mid-twentieth century, springing out of the urban planning war being waged by New York urban planners Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. Evaluating whose core principles...
by nskinner2 | Nov 14, 2016 | #Atlanta, BED3, beltline, Built Environment Description, O4W, Old Fourth Ward, Ponce City Market
Over the past few years, there’s been some debate over wether or not Ponce City Market and its surrounding attractions are successfully gentrifying the area and, if they are in fact gentrifying the area, wether or not it’s actually doing any good for the...
by nskinner2 | Nov 10, 2016 | #Atlanta, beltline, Built Environment Analysis, O4W, Old Fourth Ward, Ponce City Market
Gentrification in Old Fourth Ward Thesis: I need to come up with a thesis on this topic. Does gentrification have a positive or negative effect on Old Fourth Ward. Does it affect everybody who lives in O4W? Where does the gentrification and where isn’t it?...
by ssharman1 | Nov 5, 2016 | Artifacts, BED3, beltline, Built Environment Description #3, Built Environment Descriptions, Halloween, Images, PonceCityMarket
Ponce City Market, perhaps the Beltline’s most famous and biggest attraction, was in a festive spirit last week. Fake cobwebs and other iconic Halloween decorations dotted the shopping center. Next to several large tables on the second floor was this display...
by ssharman1 | Nov 5, 2016 | Artifacts, BED3, beltline, Built Environment Description #3, Built Environment Descriptions, Images, Major Projects
This picture may seem rather unremarkable, but it stuck out to me. This was my third trip to the Beltline, a sunny Saturday afternoon. My first two trips took place on a rainy Sunday evening and the middle of a Thursday. Thus every other time that I had passed this...
by ssharman1 | Nov 5, 2016 | Artifacts, BED3, beltline, Built Environment Description #3, Photos, Videos
img_0695 Not long after you enter the Eastside Beltline, the entrance across from Krog Street Market, a long length of fence has a gallery of photos displayed. The gallery includes collections of several different themes, from sunbathers on a Greek beach to survivors...
