Road Atlanta and the American Le Mans Series return to Atlantic Station
Road Atlanta and the American Le Mans Series return to Atlantic Station near downtown Atlanta on Tuesday, September 30 for one of the week’s biggest promotions for Petit Le Mans. Cars will be on display in front of the Fox Sports Grill starting at noon, and a pit-stop demonstration featuring Primetime Racing Group’s Dodge Viper Competition Coupe of Joel Feinberg and Chris Hall will start between 5:30 and 6:30 pm...
You’re in the Dark, But That’s OK
As an art history major obsessed with museums, visual perception is sort of my thing. I write down people’s names when I meet them because seeing the letters helps me remember; I get excited when I see a well-designed layout in a magazine.
Thus Dialog in the Dark, on view at Atlantic Station starting last Saturday, was an initially uncomfortable, yet ultimately refreshing, experience...
Taste Of Atlanta
Mark your calendars for October 11-12 when Taste of Atlanta returns to the streets of Atlantic Station!
Grab a plate and enjoy tastes from more than 70 of Atlanta’s favorite restaurants, experience cooking demonstrations from national and local celebrity chefs, wander the Amica Insurance Kid’s Avenue, and explore Country Road, featuring local sustainable restaurants...
Atlantic Station to Host 2nd Annual 17th Street Art Fair
Atlantic Station, Atlanta’s live, work and play destination in Midtown Atlanta will host the second annual 17th Street Art Fair, Saturday and Sunday, September 27 & 28, 2008. Over 100 artists and fine crafts booths will be showcased along the tree-lined streets of Atlantic Station’s Central Shopping District. “The beautifully designed street scape of Atlantic Station serves as an ideal backdrop for these exciting exhibitors’ heartfelt artistic expressions”, said Dann Jackson, Executive Director of The 17th Street Art Fair, LLC....
Cirque du Soleil coming to Atlantic Station
Cirque du Soleil is coming to Atlanta early in the New Year with a new show called “Kooza.” The signature blue-and-yellow Grand Chapiteau (Big Top) will be erected at Atlantic Station from Jan. 2-Jan. 18.
Though there has been no official announcement of the engagement, tickets are on sale now on the Cirque website.
To purchase, simply enroll as a member of the “Cirque Club,” which also entitles you to exclusive Cirque announcements and memberships. Prices range from $38.50 to $150, for the Tapis Rouge VIP experience...
Help growth happen wisely
Here's a suggestion for a bumper sticker for metro Atlanta: Growth happens. In metro Atlanta, growth happens a lot. And fast. The question is, then what? ...Giving people sensible options to live where they want to live. Take Atlantic Station, for example. Atlantic Station provides housing for many residents and does it in a way that inconveniences almost no one. At least three reasons make that so. It's close to a MARTA rail station, with shuttle service. It's close to I-75/85. The restaurants and stores in Atlantic Station give residents the option of walking or driving a very short distance for errands and entertainment. Every time someone walks to the cleaners or restaurant, we erase one car trip...
ZOOMA Women’s Race Series Launches Atlanta Half Marathon & 5K
ZOOMA teams with Atlanta-based humanitarian organization CARE to inspire Atlanta women to get fit
ATLANTA, GA. ZOOMA Women’s Race Series has launched the ZOOMA Atlanta Half Marathon & 5K to take place on November 16, 2008 at Atlantic Station. ZOOMA Atlanta will be the second event in the new national series of women’s half marathon events and will offer a half-marathon, 5K, jog stroller 5K, and a kid’s fun run with big perks and a huge post-race party...
New Motorcycle Policy
After receiving a number of complaints from Atlantic Station residents and guests about the noise and disruptions caused by motorcycles, a policy is now in place that prohibits motorcyclists from riding through and parking in the main retail district in Atlantic Station. However, we welcome motorcyclists to park in Target, IKEA or on-street parking spaces throughout Atlantic Station outside of the main retail district. Much of this parking is well within walking distance of all Atlantic Station stores, restaraunts and entertainment options. This policy applies to motorcycles only and does not apply to mopeds or scooters with engines smaller than 150 cc...
Upscale day care center promotes green lifestyle
Call it the Four Seasons of day care. It's FIO360, nestled in the heart of Atlantic Station, and it could very well be the most upscale day care in metro Atlanta.
And with a monthly price tag ranging from $1,529 for preschoolers and $1,708 for infants, it could be the most expensive, too.
Stretching 21,000 square feet, the plastics-free space features bamboo floors, Solatube skylights and saltwater fountains. It also boasts an alphabet climbing wall, non-toxic art supplies and a Lego Dome....
Outer Limits Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future
...The city's best known green building project is Atlantic Station, a mixed-use complex rising on the site of a former steel mill that's been widely hailed as a successful merging of development and economic interests. When fully built out in the next decade, this city-within-a city will include six million square feet of LEED-certified office space; 5,000 high-rise, loft-style units, townhouses, and single-family residential homes; nearly two million square feet of retail; and 1,000 hotel rooms...
Metro Atlanta ranks 14th among 30 walkable cities
By one new measure of walkability, metro Atlanta is middle of the road. Or, depending on where you are, middle of the sidewalk.
The region ranked 14th among the 30 largest American metropolitan areas in a survey of walkable urban places released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution. The think tank based in Washington, D.C. put it's home city at the top of the list, followed by Boston, San Francisco, Denver and Portland...
Atlantic Station wants you to go carless
Atlantic Station opened what they say is the nation's first "commuter cafe," designed as a clearinghouse for transportation alternatives aimed at the approximately 11,000 people who live and work within the mixed-use development.
"Atlanta is a city where we're conditioned to drive," said Brian Leary, vice president of AIG Global Investment Real Estate, which developed Atlantic Station. "We want a community where you're conditioned to walk."...
