Atlanta Beltline Eastside Dedication Date Set and Other Related Linkage
Decatur Metro | September 13, 2012
The Atlanta Beltline’s blog announced last week that the official dedication for the Eastside Trail will take place on October 15th.
The official dedication for the new trail will be held on Monday, October 15 at 10 a.m. It will also be featured as part of the Art on the Atlanta BeltLine exhibit, which starts on the evening of September 8 with the Krewe of the Grateful Glutton’s Lantern Parade and ends on November 11. In addition, the trail will be part of the route for Atlanta Streets Alive on October 7.
If you waiting for the trail to get all prettied up and ready for primetime, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. The post goes on to say that landscaping will commence “mid-fall” with tree plantings and then reconvene in the Spring when the native flora species hit the dirt. [h/t: CL]
In related news, Creative Loafing reports that new “No Trespassing” signs have been seen along the Eastside Trail, as some “rebellious bikers and joggers” have already hit the pavement while still construction continues.
Additionally, the October 7th Atlanta “Streets Alive!” event, which will shutdown nearly five miles of “car-free community space” (a “Virginia to North Highland to the Beltline” loop of sorts) plans to include $2 tours of Ponce City Market. [h/t: Curbed]
Map courtesy of The Beltline Blog
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Walked the Highland portion of this route at a similar spring event, without the Beltway loop added. Weather was great, and the lack of cars was really nice. Saw belly dancers, heard an amazing a capella group (had ‘Emory’ in their name), ate some good food and even walked around with a beer. Guess they relaxed the Atlanta open container rule for the day? If the weather is good, this should be a great event, too.
we did the same area at the last event- highly recommend going for a stroll on the streets. So nice to wander down a street and not worry about being mowed over by a car. Even better was the great atmosphere of everyone out for a nice afternoon stroll/bike/skate etc.
Been one of the trespassers. The trail is awesome. Amazing how quick you can bike from Dekalb Ave/Decatur Street to Monroe/Piedmont Park.