Comments on: Will Someone Please Just Revive South Downtown Atlanta

By: Sharron

Sharron — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:16:30 +0000

Support this new downtown holiday event benefiting Children’s Healthcare like the old Festival of Trees.

http://christmasonpeachtree.com/

By: brianc

brianc — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:40:52 +0000

It will be interesting to see how the transit hub in the “Gulch” affects this area, if and when it ever gets done.

By: Darin

Darin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:29:18 +0000

Castleberry Hill is certainly a success when you consider the retail and residential presence there now compared to 20 years ago. I remember exploring CH after shows at the nearby Homage Coffeehouse on Trinity Avenue circa 1993. Despite a small number of people living in lofts, the place looked then pretty much like most of South downtown looks now: fairly abandoned.

Now it has businesses like No Mas Cantina, Bottle Rocket, Sweet Tooth’s Dessert Bar, the Wine Shoe, Elliot Street Pub and many people living in the lofts and condos. Sure, several places have closed in the past couple of years, but that’s the way a recession treats a still-developing area. Overall, I’d say it’s doing well and headed in the right direction.

And I agree with JonC — I think it would be great if that success would creep over the tracks and into South downtown.

For the great architecture and gridded streets alone, there’s a huge potential for growth and improvement in South downtown.

By: JonC

JonC — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:13:59 +0000

It is a nice little niche, so how is that not a success story? I didn’t say it was by any means perfect or complete.

By: Shift Up

Shift Up — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:46:25 +0000

“Success of Catleberry Hill”?

I am sorry, but its a nice little niche. Not a success story. Especially now with the economy.