If you attended the city of Decatur’s Strategic Plan Open House a couple weeks back, you probably spent a majority of your time walking around the room, studying the proposed future development scenarios for Decatur’s commercial districts.

Maps of Downtown Decatur, East Lake MARTA Station, Downtown Oakhurst, and East Decatur Station decorated the walls of the room at Agnes Scott, giving residents the choice between two potential development scenarios: one denser than the other.

However, the most interesting proposal on any of the maps is the one I’ve illustated above.

The denser of the two Downtown Decatur scenarios showed the redevelopment of Gateway Homes – perhaps in the image of Allen Wilson? – and an extension of Fairview Road from West Ponce de Leon Avenue down to West Trinity Place.

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