Wednesday, May 7, 2014

The Lemonaid


Let's just start with the headline : 




It's common knowledge of how much I like things to change , especially something near and dear to me. But , if this has to happen, if the Braves are going to go ahead with their white flight - then this is BY FAR the best outcome of what can become of the abandoned park
From the AJC  : Georgia State University and a prominent Atlantadevelopment team want to acquire Turner Field and the sea of parking lots between it and downtown to create a new southern campus for the college and a $300 million mixed-use development that would transform an area threatened by the Braves’ pending departure to Cobb County.
The university wants to convert The Ted into a new 30,000-seat football, soccer and track-and-field stadium and build a new baseball park, academic buildings and green space
The project  would create a new baseball stadium for Georgia State in the footprint of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and preserve the Hank Aaron “wall” that honors The Hammer’s 715th home run ( full article in above link )
It's common knowledge of how much I like things to change , especially something near and dear to me. But , if this has to happen, if the Braves are going to go ahead with their white flight - then this is BY FAR the best outcome of what can become of the abandoned park.
This is exactly what the area needs - LIFE! It is just as win win as it could possible be. A jolt for both the area of downtown below 20, and it will give Georgia State its own persona.

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