MM: City of Lakeside Closer to Reality, Pullman Yard Redevelopment Talks, and the Oyster Champ
Decatur Metro | February 27, 2014 | 10:03 am
- City of Lakeside – which includes “Emory area” closer to becoming reality [WABE]
- Redevelopment of Pullman Yard has support, but will take years to implement [Decaturish]
- And related – From last year, but this interactive tour of the Pullman Yard is pretty awesome [CL]
- Bonefish Grill at Emory Point closes [TNT]
- New Beltline plaza planned near North Ave intersection [Curbed]
- Kimball House is “Atlanta’s Biggest Oyster Champion” [CL]
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shouldn’t it be called ‘Freewayside’? In my experience, lakes usually have water.
True that most of “City of Lakeside” is nestled between I-85, I-285, and the Stone Mountain Freeway, aka 78.
I may yet be proven wrong about new cities not happening this year. Dumb question: When these new cities incorporate, do the postal addresses change? I have rental property in unincorporated (postal) Decatur and Tucker that would be in Lakeside according to the map.
I don’t believe it does. A postal code change would have to come from the USPS.
It might, but it will take a while. Sandy Springs had that issue and it almost took an Act of God before the PO would allow Sandy Springs as the city, rather than Atlanta. The Zip Codes will not change nor will any new ones be created.
Yeah, but I could address a letter to…
509 N McDonough Street
Place Where I Gets Mah Beer & Food On, GA 30030
…and it would still get to city hall here.
“Lakeside” is sure a misleading name. It leads you to expect a city nestled up against the shores of a substantial lake. Instead there’s just a few man-made ponds scattered throughout–e.g. Echo Lake, Silver Lake, North Lake etc., most of which have no public access. But it’s not like the Great Lakes or Lake Claire areas live up to their names either.
The other issue with the name is that it comes from the high school. Many people in Tucker don’t like that fact, as Lakeside is a major high school sports rival.
Yeah, well…deal with it. Vikings RULE!
So while Decatur dithers, Lakeside just made the largest land grab since we ran off the Cherokees. Tucker all the way to Emory, including Northlake, most of Tucker, Toco Hills, Emory.
Classic over reach. I hope this is defeated.
Me too. Maybe they should call it Tuckerside since the border is the parking lot of Tucker High school.
And yet they stopped short of touching N. Dekalb Mall …
I liked the Briarcliff map better.
If the Lakeside proposal is the only one to go through, I’m starting to think the voters wont accept it. I know a bunch in the Valley Brook area that want nothing to do with Lakeside. I imagine alot of Toco Hills folks may be on a similar bent.
North Druid Hills residents were also part of the early Briarcliff camp. Not sure they’d be too excited about Lakeside.
I’m skeptical about it passing a referendum as well. Low turnout would probably help its chances, so supporters will shoot for the May primaries instead of the November ballot. I have quite a number of acquaintances in Oak Grove and Tucker, and the few that even know about the proposal are against it.