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Highway-capping Stitch installs prominent leaders in push for construction

Formation of Atlanta Downtown Stitch Inc. called “pivotal milestone” for decade-old concept

January 27, 2026 by Josh Green

10 Atlanta development stories to watch in 2026

From Buckhead to Oakland City and especially downtown, the outlook calls for a monumental year ahead

January 6, 2026 by Josh Green

'Surgical deconstruction' phase at MARTA's main transit hub begins

Five Points forecast calls for more than a year of demo work ahead, reports construction firm

November 19, 2025 by Josh Green

'Museum of the Future' eyes specific downtown sites, public funding

$100M FutureVerse concept has also installed development team in quest toward groundbreaking

November 18, 2025 by Josh Green

Retooled vision unveiled for highway-capping Stitch project downtown

Central Atlanta Progress: Reimagined Phase 1 has funding secured to move forward next year, as shown in fresh visuals

October 22, 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

What should South Downtown’s transportation future look like?

As district’s development boom begins, Central Atlanta Progress, ATL Downtown Improvement District release survey to gather 2 cents

January 20, 2023 by Josh Green

Downtown's highway-capping park concept launches (useful) website

New Stitch info source provides cost updates, breakdown of park sections, history

November 16, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown's Stitch proposal scores largest federal investment to date

But $1.2M is drop in the bucket for greenspace project described as transformative

October 28, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown Atlanta is getting its own neighborhood festival

Loft tour, celebration set to return in full next month after hiatus of more than a decade

October 26, 2022 by Josh Green

Fresh glimpses: Front Porch project underway in Sweet Auburn

Along Auburn Avenue, construction continues on schedule at Atlanta's “premiere equity project”

October 24, 2022 by Josh Green

Report: Construction on downtown's 'Stitch' could start in 2024

But Central Atlanta Progress estimates the highway-capping park wouldn't be complete for a decade—at the earliest

September 21, 2022 by Josh Green

Poll: Do you think downtown's highway-capping 'Stitch' will happen?

With World Cup on horizon, encouraging signs for Atlanta's "front yard"—including federal funding—abound. But is it too ambitious?

August 3, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown park honoring Civil Rights icon John Lewis is a go

Wi-Fi-enabled greenspace in Sweet Auburn to replace parking lot in shadow of famous Atlanta mural

July 27, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown's Forsyth Street is up for redesign. What should it look like?

Plans between Memorial Drive, Peachtree Street call for "safer, more multimodal street for all users"

May 2, 2022 by Josh Green

Pedestrian safety project on tap near Mercedes-Benz Stadium

GDOT overhaul of Northside Drive section slated to begin this year

March 15, 2022 by Josh Green

Downtown apartment building near Centennial Park sets sales record

It must have been the built-in bowling alley

December 25, 2021 by Josh Green

Federal funds to boost downtown's highway-capping 'Stitch' proposal

As with the BeltLine's Southside Trail, U.S. DOT grant will aim to help fuse neighborhoods back together

November 22, 2021 by Josh Green