Such a waste of money, NYC doesn’t do anything to solve its racial equity, affordable housing, or environmental issues. They just create parks and areas of town to have more attractions. This money could’ve been used to add more green spaces in nearby neighborhoods desperately needing them.
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I saw some headline about a floating pool, but didn’t read the article. I didn’t realize it was a whole park. That’s pretty neat! I’ll be in NYC for about a day in the beginning of July. I doubt I’ll have time to see it, but now I want to try!
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While you’re absolutely right right on issues / the use of NYC money, I do believe this was mostly, if not entirely, private (Diller von Furstenburg) foundation money…?
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Third paragraph:
“The Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, led by former Hollywood mogul turned tech baron Barry Diller, funded $235 million of the project. The city put in $17 million while the Hudson River Park Trust chipped in $4 million, the New York Post reported.”
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Apex making an interesting change. Why can’t we have a street of this?
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Man, that accent is T H I C C but yeah that looks great. Shame on Fayetteville Street.
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nothing there that couldn’t be done on F’ville Street
Based on my understanding of the plans for Devereux Park it’s basically going to be a environmentally friendly/forest or river restoration park not so much like Cary’s all inclusive type. Dix Park on the other hand is going to be like that but larger.
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Beltline frontage only development in Atlanta. No direct street access. There are some parking decks about a block away but a truly foot / bike oriented development.
Will also (one day) have light rail along the trail.
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I’d love to see this near or along Glenwood Ave but with apartments or condos above retail.
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I’d even more love to see it along the Artery.
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Absolutely! Walked a good bit of the Beltline while in Atlanta this weekend making mental notes for what I’d love to see here.
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I’m really curious how well this turns out. To go from more walkable cities, to auto oriented development and now back to walkable towns, I’m curious if things will ever change.
I’m really hoping it will turn into a good example for other cities.
The Eastside Beltline from Piedmont down to Glenwood Park is pretty much buzzing with development. I’d honestly say it’s the most attractive part of Atlanta to “go out” or even just exploring. More so than downtown midtown or buckhead.
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This isn’t exactly from a particular city, but more from ~the future~ in general: a Polish startup signed an agreement with an industrial manufacturer to build a 2400ft (750m) test track for a rail-Hyperloop hybrid!?
The experimental technology’s trying to make what are basically Hyperloop pods that can also run on conventional rail with the help of magnets laid alongside existing train tracks. Something like this:
This is still obviously a work-in-progress technology, since the company only made scaled models of their technology in the past. Nevomo says they’ll have the technology operational by 2025, though I doubt they’d get something that can survive the tests of reality until 2030. Hopefully, we’ll have a much more robust (and less curvy, more railroad crossing-free) train tracks in North Carolina by then so we could give this a shot?
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I guess we should be happy Midtown doesn’t want to be its own city, even if it does take some of the focus from downtown. 
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It’s not lost on me that the last name of the Buckhead spokesperson for the CNN story is White.
Little know fact about Buckhead is that there’s actually a small city in East Georgia named Buckhead. So unless they want to change their name when they “break away” it’s a big waste of time.
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I would drop the -head part. 
. But, sorry you’re a neighborhood of ATL. Hayes Barton wants out of Raleigh? Sorry.
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