Atlanta Launches Design Phase for 8.5-Acre Memorial Drive Greenway

Atlanta launches design phase for 8.5-acre Memorial Drive Greenway

When it's built, Atlanta's Memorial Drive Greenway will run from Oakland Cemetery to the Downtown Connector.

City of Atlanta unveils design plans for new Memorial Drive greenway, vibrant linear park - On Common Ground News

ATLANTA—The City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation has kicked off the design phase for the Memorial Drive Greenway, a planned linear park stretching from historic Oakland Cemetery to the edge of downtown.  Led by Pond & Company, the project will transform underused land into a vibrant public space connecting neighborhoods with input from residents [...] The post City of Atlanta unveils design plans for new Memorial Drive greenway, vi…

City of Atlanta launches design phase for Memorial Drive Greenway

Detail from the 2016 vision plan for the Memorial Drive Greenway linear park. (File) The plan to build a linear park along Memorial Drive has been resurrected again as the City of Atlanta has officially launched a design phase for the project. Vestiges of the park sprang up several decades ago after the Capitol Homes housing project was demolished, but the idea to build the Memorial Drive Greenway has been floating around for more than 50 years.…