Implementing the Vision: The Atlanta BeltLine Corridor, Georgia, USA

Authors

Valdis D. Zusmanis, Perkins + Will, Inc.
Leonardo Alvarez, Perkins + Will, Inc.
Micah Lipscomb, Perkins + Will, Inc.
Ryan Gravel, Sixpitch, Inc.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.684

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

The Atlanta BeltLine is a 22-mile transformative corridor project that will connect 45 neighborhoods through transit, open space and trails. As a repurposed series of abandoned railroad segments that run across the valleys and ridges of the Piedmont plateau region, the physical design of the corridor actively responds to both the physiographic and cultural diversity of its context. It is a comprehensive example of landscape infrastructure that will serve to organize, engage and guide future development in one of America’s fastest growing metropolitan areas (Figure 1).

Recommended Citation

Zusmanis, Valdis D.; Alvarez, Leonardo; Lipscomb, Micah; and Gravel, Ryan (2016) "Implementing the Vision: The Atlanta BeltLine Corridor, Georgia, USA," Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning: Vol. 5: Iss. 2, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/fabos.684
Available at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/fabos/vol5/iss2/1