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Self-Guided Tour – Southeast Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta Station to I-75/85 Self-Guided Tour – Southeast Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta Station to I-75/85 Old Fourth Ward Bobby ones Inman Park Go f Cou se A lan a Memor al Pa k Walden City Hope Lake Ave NE Dome/GWCC/Philips/CNN Spring St PiedmontA M.L.K. Auburn Ave NE Edgewood Ave NE Edgewood Ave SE Downtown King Center Ave NE 1 Piedmon Five Points Marietta St NW Sweet Auburn DeKalb Martin Luther King Jr Dr 2 Wylie St SE erry Hill Georgia State Cabbagetown Tr inity Decatur St SE 3 Reynoldstown Garnett King Memorial Av Oak and Cemeta y e SW SW Oakland Cemetery Gr nt Oakland Gibson St SE Atlanta University Center Memorial Dr oo A l n a 4 C c or ma Cook Fou Co ne s St n on Bou ev d Cross ng Capitol Gateway n r n hmen Cr ek Glenwood Ave SE Bill Kennedy Way The vibrant character of South- Dunbar east Atlanta continues to grow as King 6 5 Pryor St SW 7 new houses and lofts, mixed-use Waldo StWaldo SE Grant Park Maynard H. developments, and refurbished echanicsville Summerhill Jackson properties sprout up in older Parkside neighborhoods and alongside Turner Ormewood Ave Field Grant established homes. Spur trails will ConfederateAve SE provide easier access to more Ormewood P places, including Grant Park and Zoo Atlanta Cyclorama Zoo Atlanta. 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Ave Cherokee Peoplestown LEGEND Mead St Pittman Confederate 4 Corners Park BoulevardAve. Ave SE BeltLine Corridor Ridge 11 gh Parks 12 Stanton Park Boulevard Heights BeltLine Tour Route Av e SW 10 Boulevard Crossing Park Georgia Pryor St National Guard BeltLine Trail ersity Ave SW Englewood Ave. Milton Ave SE 8 State Facility Englewood Manor Be t ine Major Roads pitol View Manor Carver 9 13 Existing Parks Hill St SE Chosewood Intrenchment Creek McDonough Blvd SE South Atlanta Proposed Parks High Point Benteen The Villages at Carver dorBenteen Interstate Highways South Atlanta Arthur B L MARTA Langford Chosewood Park Benteen Park Memorial Custer/McDonou oyland Schools an Hills Federal Penitentary Price l Heights e SE Updated December 2008 B Y d L k ood Av Self-Guided Tour – Southeast Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta Station to I-75/85 START OF TOUR Old ourth Ward Inman Park INMAN PARK BEGINS Hope Lake Ave Inman DEPART Inman Park/Reynoldstown MARTA Station heading west on Edgewood Avenue. 0.6 mi Auburn Ave NE 1. THE TROLLEY Barn Edgewood Ave NE (www.thetrolleybarn.com) Inman Park Trolley Barn was the center of trans- ter Ave NE 1 portation for the neighborhood dubbed ‘Atlanta’s DeKalb first Suburb.’ The trolley transported people to and from downtown, and as the hub of activity for the area, the community grew up around it. Over the 2 years the facility has been preserved and refur- Wylie St SE bished, and now operates as a nostalgic space that can be rented out for special events and Cabbagetown private parties. 3 Reynoldstown LEFT (south) on Krog Street. 0.2 mi ial INMAN PARK ENDS. CABBagetoWN BEGINS. Cemetery Tech H 2. HULSEY Yard Memorial Dr 4 Gibson St SE Hulsey Rail Yard is an inter-modal (‘piggyback’) freight transfer facility owned by CSX. Trains un- load their goods onto trailer trucks for further transport, and this transfer also happens in reverse – truck to train. Its massive size (approx. 33 miles of track on the lot) and location (directly crossing the corridor’s path ) present a challenge to con- necting the BeltLine from the Inman Park area north Glenwood Ave SE of Dekalb Avenue to the Cabbagetown and Reyn- oldstown neighborhoods south of Dekalb Avenue. Bill Kennedy Way LEFT (east) on Wylie Street. 0.4 mi 6 5 CABBagetoWN ENDS. REYnoldstoWN BEGINS. 7 3. CABBagetoWN/REYnoldstoWN Waldo St SE Pearl Street straddles the border of two historic Maynard H. Atlanta neighborhoods, Cabbagetown (to the west) Jackson and Reynoldstown (to the east). Reynoldstown was a settlement for freed slaves and was named after Parkside Madison Reynolds, an ex-slave and entrepreneur who ran a popular grocery store in the area. The store’s building still stands on Wylie Street. The BeltLine Corridor Major Roads Interstate Highways communities served as villages for railroad workers and workers in mills, including the Fulton Bag and BeltLine Tour Route Existing Parks MARTA Cotton Mill, just west of Cabbagetown. Adjoining BeltLine Trail Proposed Parks Schools Cabbagetown along its western end is Oakland LEGEND Cemetery, one of the city’s most interesting and his- torically significant parks. Updated December 2008 S o i Self-GuidedOld F Tour rth Ward – Southeastnman Park Wal en La ve NE Inman Inmandm Park/ReynoldstownHope Marta Station to I-75/85 E Cross the BeltLine on Wylie Street. Stein Steel Edg is to the right; Hulsey Yard is to the left. Ave NE 1 DeKalb RIGHT (south) on Flat Shoals Avenue. 0.1 mi RIGHT (south) on Gibson Street. 0.3 mi 2 Wylie St SE The BeltLine runs parallel to Gibson St. approximately 1/10 mile to the right. Cabbagetown 3 Ave Moreland RIGHT (west) on Memorial Drive. 0.1 mi Reynoldstown 4. THE Depot This old freight depot formerly serviced freight operations in the corridor and sits right on the Belt - ery Tech High Line. In 2007, the facility was renovated into a res- Memorial Dr 4 Gibson St SE taurant/bar, a good example of restoring an old structure into a modern amenity for the community. The intersection adjacent to the depot presents an excellent locale for a transit stop that would serve residents in the mixed-used developments and homes nearby. LEFT (south) on Bill Kennedy Way Glenwood Ave SE (aka Glenwood-Memorial Connector). 0.5 mi Bill Kennedy Way The BeltLine shares the street along the Connector from Memorial Dr. to 6 Glenwood Ave. 5 7 REYnoldstoWN ENDS. ORMEWOOD PARK ON LEFT. GRANT parK ON RIGHT. Waldo St SE Maynard H. Jackson 5. GLENWOOD PARK DEVelopment (www.glenwoodpark.com) Parkside Glenwood Park is a ‘new-urbanism’ mixed-use de- Ormewood Ave velopment with walk-up shops, cafés, and other re- Ave Moreland tail spaces melded with condominiums, townhouses, B and single family homes throughout the property. Confedera Two park areas are also integrated into the lay- out. The development is built on a former industrial Ormewood Park plant of the Blue Circle Concrete Company and a represents the type of innovative development that can transform old sites along the BeltLine into vi- brant new communities. Glenwood Park is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified property planned and built by former BeltLine Corridor Major Roads Interstate Highways Mindspring CEO, Charles Brewer. BeltLine Tour Route Existing Parks MARTA The train cars straight ahead are on BeltLine Trail Proposed Parks Schools the BeltLine. LEGEND Updated December 2008 Jr W or ia Sta e Cab w Self-GuidedDecatur StTour SE – Southeast3 Reynoldst e SW Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta Station to I-75/85 Right (west) on Glenwood Avenue. 0.5 mi 6. Lafarge (www.lafarge.com) Lafarge is the primary user of the rail lines in the Glenwood Ave SE Southeast corridor, which in general gets little activ- Bill Kennedy W ity. Several times per week Lafarge receives loads of sand via rail car to be used for concrete produc- g 6 tion. The development of BeltLine transit and trails 5 in the Southeast section can happen only after this 7 rail activity is no longer necessary. Waldo Waldo St SE ark Maynard H. 7. MAYNARD H. JacKSON HIGH SCHOOL Jackson (http://apskids.org/southside/) Maynard H. Jackson (formerly Southside) is one of Parkside Ormewood Ave 4 Atlanta Public High schools that sit right along Grant the corridor, and one of 20 schools within ½ mile to the BeltLine. The corridor’s location here will ConfederateAve SE translate to increased mobility and travel options Ormewood Park for students and staff commuting to and from the school. Zoo Atlanta Cyclorama LEFT (south) on Waldo Street. 0.5 mi LEFT (south) on Confederate Avenue. 0.6 mi Ave Cherokee Look left at the intersection of Ormewood Ave. & Confederate Ave. The BeltLine crosses Mead St Confederate over Ormewood Ave. on a historic red-brick BoulevardAve. Ave SE bridge about ¼ mile down. Cross under the BeltLine just after The Enclave at Grant Park (residential Boulevard Heights development on left). 0 Boulevard Crossing Park Georgia National Guard GRANT PARK ENDS. BOULEVARD HEIGHTS BEGINS Englewood Ave. 8 RIGHT (south) on Edie Avenue. 0.1 mi State Facility Englewood Manor RIGHT (west) on Hamilton Avenue. 0.3 mi 9 Look right (north) at intersection of Hamilton Chosewood Ave. and Boulevard Dr. about 50 yards up. Intrenchment Creek The BeltLine crosses Boulevard Dr. and continues west on the embankment, running above the future Boulevard Crossing Park. BeltLine Corridor Major Roads Interstate Highways LEFT (south) on Boulevard Drive. 0.3 mi BeltLine Tour Route Existing Parks MARTA 8.BOULEVARD CROSSING PARK BeltLine Trail Proposed Parks Schools Boulevard Crossing is planned to be one of the first LEGEND parks developed on the BeltLine. Its 21 acres will stretch over several properties at this site that were acquired by the Trust for Public Land and sold to the City in June 2007. The new greenspace will be a great resource for the community, and should encourage diverse development around it. Plans also call for spur trails and related greenways to connect this site to Grant Park and Zoo Atlanta (approx. 3 blocks north), as well as to Chosewood Park (approx 2 blocks south). Updated December 2008 Self-Guided Tour – Southeast Dunbar Inman Park/Reynoldstown S W Marta Station to I-75/85 BOULEVARD HEIGHTS ENDS.
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