Tag: Ryan Gravel
Community Farmers Markets’ inaugural Red Clay Soirée has an impressive food lineup
Community Farmers Markets—a nonprofit network that likely includes at least one of your favorite Atlanta farmers markets—is hosting its inaugural Red Clay Soirée fundraising gala on Friday, November 10. The event will feature chefs from Kimball House, 8 Arm, the General Muir, Rising Sun, El Super Pan, and other favorite Atlanta restaurants.
Ryan Gravel and Tim Keane are sketching a smarter city plan for Atlanta
“Atlanta has an opportunity over the next 25 years to completely shift [its] way of developing,” says Tim Keane. “But we will not be successful if we don’t have a design.”
An excerpt from Ryan Gravel’s Where We Want to Live
When I was a kid, the full force of sprawl was not yet in effect. The roadways were not at capacity because the region was always building more of them.
The BeltLine Guy: A Q&A with Ryan Gravel
What’s now a destination was, until very recently, trash and kudzu. And it’s not hyperbole to say it would be still if Ryan Gravel hadn’t decided in 1999 to write his Georgia Tech master’s thesis on how four different rail lines encircling the city could be strung together.
Editor’s Note: The price of success
My wife and I moved to Decatur in 2009 when we were expecting our first child. We’re lucky we bought when we did; Decatur’s current real estate market is out of our price range. By a long shot.
Atlanta Must Reads for the Week: Atlanta’s auto addiction, a septuagenarian blues guitarist, and Kendrick Johnson’s divisive death
The best stories each week about Atlanta, from Atlanta-based writers, and beyond.
A brief timeline of Atlanta millennial milestones
A few big moments from the past 35 years, including the 1996 Olympics, the plan for the BeltLine, the introduction of the iPhone, and more.
The new guard: 10 up-and-coming Atlantans who are next in line
Including Chris Appleton, Ryan Gravel, Andre Dickens, and more
The BeltLine lantern parade was pretty magical—and crowded
"It's stuff like this that reminds me why I love Atlanta," remarked a friend. "Where else do you have a parade where everyone can just join in?" Indeed, Saturday night's Lantern Parade—the kickoff to Art on the Atlanta BeltLine 2013—embodied the best of intown Atlanta's charming eccentricity and warm hospitality.
Atlanta BeltLine is a leader, but not unique
How do you say “beltline” in French? If you’re from Paris, it’s La Petite Ceinture–literally, “little belt”–and you know it as the 22-mile-long crescent of abandoned railway that runs through the outskirts of the city. You likely also are aware that a long-term project is under way to convert the old rail corridor into a greenway with a transit component.
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