Photos of Glenwood Park in Atlanta
From Cyburbian Larry Felton Johnson: I've taken a new set of photos of Glenwood Park in Atlanta. I haven't captioned or edited them yet, but wanted to post them as soon as possible. A lot of construction has gone on since I last did walkthrough photography. I'll really be glad when they open the streets leading directly into North Ormewood Park. My guess is that they're keeping it sealed off until construction completes on the part of the development on the eastern edge. One good thing about Glenwood Park is that both physically and symbolically they're connecting it to the older surrounding neighborhoods.
The article and link is at http://larryfeltonjohnson.typepad.com/atlantalarry/2008/03/glenwood-park-p.html.
On first glance, it's a great looking development, but I am really interested in the immediate surrounding area to get a better feel for the entire area.
It's in the City of Atlanta (and is a new urbanist development). It's bordered to the north and south by I-20 and Glenwood Avenue, very near downtown. The nearby neighorhoods include the bordering neighborhoods of Grant Park to the west, Ormewood Park to the south, and North Ormewood Park to the east. It's also within walking distance of my own neighborhood, East Atlanta.
Here's a google map link:
Very interesing. The sound of that big motorway is going to be noticable.
Is there a masterplan of this area available on-line anywhere?
Thanks!
Is there a masterplan of this area available on-line anywhere?
Thanks!
It may just be that I've lived within a few blocks of I-20 for five decades, and don't really notice it unless I'm standing right on the edge, but the buildings seem to reflect the noise to the extent that in the denser parts of the development I don't even notice it. When I'm near the barrier wall
on the edge of I-20 I do notice it, but that's also the area still under construction. I suspect that once the area is built out the sound will be no worse than that at my own house (I live two blocks from I-20).
As for the master plan, I haven't seen it posted in awhile, but you might check both Tunnel-Spangler's website ( at
And Glenwood Park's own site:
Also at least one of the Tunnel-Spangler folks involved in Glenwood Park was a participant on this forum. Maybe he'll chime in.
(nice to see you posting again, Larry)
Thanks! I find that my motivation to write is directly proportional to having a working camera.
(nice to see you posting again, Larry)
Oh, by the way, I just focussed on the fact that you're in Marietta. I've been exploring both Atlanta's westside and Cobb County recently. Here
are my latest two about Cobb:
http://larryfeltonjohnson.typepad.com/atlantalarry/2008/02/my-first-trip-o.html
http://larryfeltonjohnson.typepad.com/atlantalarry/2008/03/cycling-in-metr.html
Interesting. I was involved in some work for CCT a few years ago - seems to be a fairly well-run organization (everything being relative).
My limited experience with the CCT has been good so far. I'm usually in Mableton or Smyrna when I'm in Cobb, so my next project is to experiment with the routes going to other places (Marietta, Vinings, Kennesaw). My guess is that the downside is going to be the time taken on mode transfers, and for me it will usually translate into bus-train-bus.
Is this the large brownfield site (car manufacturing plant) just northwest of midtown?
The Glenwood Park site is a couple of miles east of downtown - used to be a concrete recycling facility. Are you thinking of the Atlantic Station redevelopment, maybe? (I think the Atlantic Station site was a steel mill, but it is on the NW edge of midtown.)
Atlantic Station was indeed the Atlantic Steel Mill.
Glenwood Park is on the land which was once Williams Brothers Lumber for many years (I grew up in the area so I used to pick up all sorts of building supplies there). Blue Circle bought out the concrete operation (which for as long as I can remember has always been on the south side of the road). When Williams Bros closed the lumber yard two massive concrete recycling operations started up. The first one was run by Aggrecon, the second by Vulcan. I lived on Stovall Street overlooking the operations, and believe me there's nothing like being awakened at 2 AM by a mountain of concrete being crushed by heavy machinery.
I am not familiar with the Atlanta area at all (except what can be seen while passing through on I-75). Is all of the stuff in the photos new construction? I tried looking for the City of Glenwood Park but had no luck. Is this an actual city of is this a new urbanist development within another municipality? Can you tell me what major roads this is near?
On first glance, it's a great looking development, but I am really interested in the immediate surrounding area to get a better feel for the entire area.