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South Downtown's first Smorgasburg to overtake parking lot next week

“Giant weekly outdoor food festival” has been a hit from Los Angeles to Brooklyn. Will ATL follow suit?

October 8, 2025 by Josh Green

Images: How potential new district between Atlanta stadiums could look

Retail zone at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Georgia World Congress Center doorstep remains hypothetical, leaders stress

October 1, 2025 by Josh Green

Letter to Editor: Hands off Portman's iconic downtown skybridges

Professor, writer responds to architect's proposal to redevelop elevated walkways as mixed-use notes

October 1, 2025 by Josh Green

Housing remake of landmark downtown property scores funding boost

Plans call for Folio House to be conduit between Centennial Yards, Five Points, and Underground Atlanta

September 23, 2025 by Josh Green

Next phase of MARTA’s 'Five Points Transformation' to begin next month

Access to transit system’s biggest, busiest station to soon be closed from Peachtree Street, elsewhere

September 22, 2025 by Josh Green

Downtown ATL's 'hamster tubes' as functional parks? How's that sound?

Architect reimagines Portman’s skywalks as “catalysts for connecting people, programs, and public life”

September 19, 2025 by Josh Green

Fresh visuals emerge for downtown's forthcoming Cosm dome

Centennial Yards concept will mark third such U.S. venue, following Los Angeles, Dallas

September 10, 2025 by Josh Green

Photo tour: Gulch-replacing Centennial Yards is surging into existence

Nine months before 2026 FIFA World Cup, another hotel rises, internal streets take shape, and more

September 9, 2025 by Josh Green

Images: For storied downtown church, scrapped but compelling vision emerges

"Downtown West" called for transforming Friendship Baptist Church acreage into vibrant, connective mixed-use zone

September 4, 2025 by Josh Green

Images: Next Centennial Yards building is officially a go downtown

Permit filings aim to get Elliott Street boutique hotel moving in matter of months

September 3, 2025 by Josh Green

Fresh grocery, a crucial downtown resource, set to open this week

Azalea Fresh Market in former Walgreens described as City of Atlanta’s first municipal grocery store

August 27, 2025 by Josh Green

At long last, groundbreaking nears for downtown affordable housing block

In shadow of Atlanta City Hall, mixed-use Trinity Central Flats has been four years in the making

August 26, 2025 by Josh Green

Revised vision emerges for downtown Atlanta church development

Redo of century-old Gothic structure Trinity United Methodist Church calls for affordable housing, more

August 22, 2025 by Josh Green

Fresh visuals, details emerge for Centennial Yards first hotel

Restaurant, poolside bar concept, hotel leadership in place at lodging tower risen from former Gulch

August 18, 2025 by Josh Green

Under new leadership, MARTA station renovation, disruptions to begin

Downtown trains to skip MARTA’s Garnett station for more than a month; shuttle planned

August 15, 2025 by Josh Green

Next downtown Atlanta high-rise sets firm construction start date

Teachers Village project near Centennial Olympic Park aims to help keep educators in city’s center

August 14, 2025 by Josh Green

Photo tour: Where South Downtown's painstaking rebirth stands now

In terms of pre-FIFA World Cup openings, "the groundswell is coming," developers stress

August 11, 2025 by Josh Green

What could landmark building's 'accelerated disposal' mean for downtown?

Big changes appear imminent for Peachtree Summit Federal Building—and more than 2,000 downtown workers

August 8, 2025 by Faith Mbadugha