Atlanta, Georgia — Est. 1847
— National Geographic
National Geographic highlights Atlanta's 22-mile BeltLine as the best way to see the city, connecting 45 neighborhoods via a network of trails and parks built on former railroad corridors.
Atlanta, Georgia — April 8, 2026
We are pleased to announce the grand reopening of the website – codename Operation Phoenix – in a classic, newspaper format. It looks and works great on tablets! While the…
Atlanta, Georgia — April 1, 2026
An Interview Between The Reporter and The Architect, Circa 1847
— Norfolk Southern Newsroom
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announce an $85 billion merger to create the first transcontinental railroad. Norfolk Southern is one of three Class I railroads serving Atlanta.
— Sakshi Nanda
An urban design study tracing Atlanta's form back to the Terminus — the triangular railroad intersection that determined the city's layout, from the 1839 Zero-Mile Post to the present-day void.
Atlanta, Georgia — May 22, 2022
On Monday, the Atlanta City Council introduced a resolution to spur AMTRAK investment in the Gulch. The resolution, 22-R-3645, notes the value of AMTRAK expansion in the city “as a…
Atlanta, Georgia — February 6, 2022
Atlanta, Georgia — January 30, 2022
AJC – Georgia Democrats in Congress say infrastructure money could boost public transit Thank you to our members of Congress for asking some important questions 🚇
Atlanta, Georgia — January 16, 2022
This week was the State of MARTA 2022. The virtual event celebrates MARTA’s essential workers, announces new federal funding and EV charging stations, and previews new EV bus routes in…
Atlanta, Georgia — December 5, 2021
End of the line This is the last post before the holiday break 🎄 Today’s lesson is about the Atlanta Zero Mile Post, a stone marker which was originally erected…
Atlanta, Georgia — November 28, 2021
Atlanta, Georgia — November 14, 2021
Terminal Station Alpha This is two weeks of using Shapr3D Download file Not an architect. All images and models are for demonstration purposes only
Atlanta, Georgia — October 17, 2021
It looks like CIM Group got the land grab of the century, and all it cost them was 33M. On Thursday Oct 14, CIM Group president Brian McGowan presented Atlanta…
— Jeff Morrison
Where other cities leveraged rivers to revitalize historic districts, Atlanta has the Gulch — a dry riverbed of railroad tracks and asphalt, fundamental to the city's creation, yet one of its most challenging gaps.
— Darin Givens
The State of Georgia releases a bid invitation for 9.5 acres of the Gulch — public land since the founding of Atlanta — with no protections for the planned Multimodal Passenger Terminal.
— David Emory
A CIM Group proposal would fill the Gulch with 9,000 parking spaces, effectively blocking any future passenger rail expansion at the historic junction where three railroads founded the city.