http://h2o4atl.com/name-our-tunnel-boring-machine-contact-us/ We have got to get this thing named Driller Mike
FYI it took them around a year after the signup deadline before service was finally available in Austin.
Atlanta Music Scene ‘Games of Thrones’ live music experience coming to Atlanta in 2017 August 9, 2016 | Behold! “Games of Thrones” is one of the most celebrated shows on TV and soon fans can revel in a live music experience as well. The show’s composer, Ramin Djawadi, along with a full orchestra and choir, will provide an immersive music and visual experience that promises to bring the Seven Kingdoms to life on a massive scale. The 28-date tour, which will use video technology to recreate the realms throughout Westeros and Essos and showcase footage of the show, kicks off in February 2017 and hits Philips Arena at 8 p.m. March 14. Tickets are $39.50-$99.50 and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Aug. 13 through all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. American Express, Facebook and the Live Nation App will offer pre-sales from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 12. “For the past six seasons of ‘Game of Thrones,’ I have been tremendously inspired to compose music to David Benioff’s and D.B. Weiss’ extraordinary adaption of George R.R. Martin’s epic ‘A Song of Fire and Ice’ series,” Djawadi said in a statement. “Now, by combining the music with state of the art technology, we are going to bring the astonishing world of Westeros to fans in a live and unique concert experience.”
Sounds dope. Wonder if it will all be old footage or if we can squeeze a few new titty shots in that newfangled "video technology" they're planning to use.
Fran Tarkenton and whomever else, someone at work was telling me Fox Bros and Taqueria Del Sol were teaming up with some sort of hatch chile concoction. How does one get in on that deliciousness?
yep its called Foxeria del Sol. Ive never been but have heard good things. the link is on the bottom or think you can find it on Fox Bros website
I've been to foxeria del sol a couple times. Food is decent it is just always so damn hot. I would say not worth it.
had the fox bros wings in the 200 level at the dome last night, pretty much identical to the ones they serve in the restaurant.
What was your experience there? I do communications, so I'm not really dealing with the audit/tax stuff.
Ahhh, well that makes a world of difference. I was at PwC Atlanta, but had plenty of friends at EY Atlanta. Audit is by far the worst. I imagine a non-delivery job at a Big 4 firm is pretty damn nice.
Yeah it's definitely a sweet gig. The closest I come to that mess is whenever we win business. I'm sent a story from that team which I edit and then publish internally.
About to head to a wedding, reception is at Piedmont Driving Club, are they gonna be faggots about me not wearing a tie?
yea I enjoyed it. Incredible view worth the cover tbh, nothing like it. Good beers and after a few the games are decent entertainment.
Went two weekends ago with my wife because we were bored to tears at the Braves / Phillies game. It's probably fun for a max 2 hours because there are only a handful of games and I think games cost like $5 per play, so it can get pricey when you factor in the car ver charge, booze, and games. I'd go back with a big group though, because you can just chill and drink and enjoy the view. They're going to add a rooftop beer garden to it in the next phase, which will make it a lot better.
Just stopping by to say I fell in love at the Pink Pony on Saturday night and dropped about a semester's worth of tuition at UNG* for one young lucky lady *allegedly a student there Also, Kevin Rathbun Steak was as legit as it gets.
Another ranking of America’s best new restaurants, more high praise for Staplehouse. This time, it’s Bon Appetit magazine with a top-10 list, and the Old Fourth Ward dining room comes in at No. 1. BA restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton notes the heartbreaking and bittersweet story of Staplehouse’s creation, but his praise has nothing to do with sympathy. “Let me make one thing clear: Staplehouse didn’t become my restaurant of the year because of a heart-wrenching story,” Knowlton writes. “It became my restaurant of the year because of the smart, innovative cooking of Ryan Smith and the warm, welcoming, unwavering hospitality of Kara, Jen, and the entire team. In every way imaginable, it floored me. It’s the best restaurant experience I had this year. Hands down.” Such an honor is nothing new for Staplehouse. Since opening on Edgewood Avenue last September, the restaurant has received a four-star rating from Atlanta Magazine, and it’s been named to best-new-restaurant lists from GQ, and Eater’s own Bill Addison. It was one of five nominees for the James Beard Foundation’s Best New Restaurant award, which eventually went to Shaya in New Orleans. In addition to Staplehouse’s No. 1 ranking, Bread & Butterfly, the French-inspired Inman Park cafe from the team behind Cakes & Ale, was named among 50 nominees for BA’s best-new list.
The Stitch, a proposal to cap The Connector, could reunite downtown and Midtown http://bit.ly/2aSPQQa
Was thinking the same thing. Way cheaper than a new Braves stadium would have been and significantly more useful.
Absolutely. Would be badass if this, and the proposed cap on 400 Buckhead were pulled off. http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/4/20/11462994/plans-move-buckhead-park-ga-400
I feel like those are the types of projects that take you to the next tier of cities and the ones we will need to keep the growth engine going. Also, it's good for my property value which is the most important aspect here
I'm in complete favor of finding ways to connect different parts of the city without resorting to adding new roads or widening existing roads. I know that DC is in the process of evaluating capping the rail lines that head in and out of Union Station, which would add significant real estate opportunities to a city that already strapped for land. It's also in process of developing Capital Crossing on Mass Ave through the heart of downtown DC, which should be completed in 2018 http://www.popville.com/2015/12/capitol-crossing-dc/ http://dc.curbed.com/2016/4/6/11376906/capitol-crossing-washington-dc http://www.capitolcrossingdc.com/#tutorial
Plans for The Stitch — a $300-million proposal to cover Interstate 75/85 with greenspace and private development — sound pretty quixotic right now. Like some visionary describing a pipe dream to recoup what once was lost in the name of urban "progress." But, in fact, it’s a real concept being pushed by a group of neighborhood boosters and downtown landowners. The gist, as Atlanta magazine first reported this week, goes like this: The Stitch would cap the downtown Connector by building concrete over the million-laned interstates from the Spring Street flyover southeast to the Piedmont Avenue Bridge, turning a half-mile stretch of highway into a long tunnel and the space above into 14 acres of opportunity. For the most part, the immediate area is currently home to a series of parking spaces, empty lots, and a blighted building or two. The proposed set-up would — here it comes — "stitch" back together the historic fabric destroyed decades ago by the freeway, which upon its construction effectively divorced Midtown and downtown. Central Atlanta Progress — a nonprofit that champions the preservation of downtown Atlanta and its economic vitality — reportedly spent $100,000 commissioning a concept study outlining this whole vision. The 114-page document, which can be found here, surfaced this week. "We’re trying to create an urban amenity that will spur development," A.J. Robinson, CAP president, told Atlanta magazine. Ideally, the area would include public greenspace for concerts and other events as well as groups of hotels, residential buildings, and office buildings. But in a way it all echoes the Gulch-capping Green Line Redevelopment Plan of a decade ago — a vision that obviously sputtered and died. Anyone remember this? In fairness, Atlanta is a different city now, and these new plans will (hopefully) not have a crippling Great Recession standing in their way. According to Central Atlanta Progress’ website, The Stitch would specifically consist of three "character zones" programmed with a variety of uses. It all sounds good on paper: Emory Square: A dynamic urban plaza set atop a regional bus terminal. The plaza will connect St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on the west to a re-imagined Emory Square MARTA station, as well as to Emory’s future "Medical Arts Institute" building and to new retail and residential areas. Peachtree Green: A three-acre town green with active program elements on all sides including water features, a restaurant and café, a pavilion space for markets and art shows, an art walk, a "Mayor’s Walk," and a civic heroes memorial. Energy Park: A mixed-use residential area intertwined with an urban park made up of lawns, a dog park, a playground, water features, a splash pad, a flex-use pavilion, and a garden walk. Its location next to Georgia Power’s headquarters will provide opportunities to use green construction and power technologies. The state could sell air rights to developers of surrounding properties, ostensibly offsetting the cost of capping the highway. The study predicts the finished product would increase property values and lead to massive redevelopment in the area. Robinson told the magazine a first phase of construction for the public-private partnership could be completed within five years. Not that far off, really. http://www.atlantadowntown.com/initiatives/I-75_85_Connector_Vision/the-stitch http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/8/18/12533072/the-stitch-confident-will-happen
Update on the "Spoke" development currently under construction at the Edgewood / Candler Park Marta station. http://www.myajc.com/news/business/martas-spoke-aims-to-boost-ridership-revenue/nsKTs/ Also, this is a proposed residential / mixed-use development at Woodbine & Montgomery (near Coan Park). https://nextdoor.com/document/c49b2...UhPx3ehxG40TJ4G10bOPq4ADa7c11NmgHSPmXzYn3EhVq
would make traffic on the connector so much worse too, since the city would never leave the lights on in the tunnel
Boosting ridership is pure fiction. Not all units are going to be MARTA riders and they've pushed all the riders away by taking the parking lot which was 70% plus full on weekdays. Project should've gone on the north parking lot, not the larger one which was used.
I walked in to a run down/average store the other day and they surprisingly had 5 types of creature comforts beers. Tropicalia too