Tag: Bellwood Quarry
The house that Driller Mike built
Driller Mike is long gone—on to his next job, like a salesman traveling from town to town—but his works may be looked upon at Westside Park. Driller Mike was, of course, the nickname of the 400-foot, $11.6 million machine used to bore a five-mile tunnel deep beneath the streets of Atlanta. When the project finished in 2020, water began to flow through the tunnel from the Chattahoochee River, filling the 2.4-billion-gallon quarry at the park’s center.
At the old Bellwood quarry, a submerged history of racist violence
Located on the site of present-day Westside Park—the city’s premier new greenspace, a rambling campus surrounding a shimmering reservoir—Bellwood was one of a number of chain gang camps in Atlanta and across the state that lasted into the second half of the 20th century.
Everything you need to know about Atlanta’s new Westside Park
From getting there to the best trails and amenities, here are some tips for visiting Atlanta’s newest park.
Perfect picnic fare from Atlanta restaurants (and the best places to spread out a blanket)
With more restaurants intent on offering food that travels well, the options for picnic fare are arguably better than ever.
With a timeless design, this craftsman-style house in Howell Station is filled with surprises
When Heidi Woessner and her husband, Jason Williams, bought the Westside lot, it was just a sloping plot of weeds with a cinderblock house. But the Howell Station neighborhood, sandwiched between West Midtown shops and the future Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, has become a hot intown haven.
A drone’s eye view of Bellwood Quarry
The 350-acre former mining site—more than double the size of Piedmont Park—could become the city’s largest greenspace, but not until 2030.