Atlanta's Quest For Parks

Atlanta looks to Boston for inspiration in how deteriorating parks can be revitalized into a community asset.

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November 1, 2002, 6:00 AM PST

"The story of Boston's Post Office Square offers inspiration. For decades, downtown Boston was a maze of brick, stone, glass and concrete with barely a sprig of green.And for decades, right in the middle of downtown, surrounded by skyscrapers quartering some of Boston's leading businesses, was an aging, decrepit multistory parking deck. In 1982, a group of business leaders concerned about green space came together to discuss a vision for replacing the parking deck with a beautiful park at street level with underground parking below."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Atlanta, like Boston, could strike gold with green space

Thursday, October 31, 2002 in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Community / Economic Development Georgia

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