The Official Atlanta Thread: Roswell Residents Need Not Respond

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  1. High Cotton

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    Love Agave, never had a bad meal there.

    Am I crazy for entertaining the idea of buying a house in Adair Park? I'm thinking of buying my own rental in East Lake, if that doesn't go through I'm seriously looking at Adair Park. Or might just do it in 6 months.
     
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  2. Clown Baby

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    Gf and I went to Barcelona last night. I usually prefer Iberian Pig for my tapas but they had half off every bottle of their wine. That's a steal as long as you're not getting a Robert Mondavi or Cupcake (looking a Stuhly here)
     
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  3. George Costanza

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    This commercial really pisses me off for some reason.
     
  4. Clown Baby

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    As it should. Who the fuck brings an iPad with such amazing views? That's definitely targeted at poor hipsters.
     
  5. Where Eagles Dare

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    I have yet to drive over there, but am Interested.

    I have heard it is real sketch, but know some people from Kirkwood moved over there
     
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  6. Doc Louis

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    Could wait out the summer buying season. It is more of a seller's market right now it seems.
     
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  7. allothersnsused

    allothersnsused Wow that’s crazy
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    What are my chances of getting a table for 3 at Vahi Taco Mac if we can't make it until right at tip. Has it been crowded for Hawks games!
     
  8. Earn_Marks

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    I would try and if not go to moes and joes or diesel
     
  9. allothersnsused

    allothersnsused Wow that’s crazy
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    Just saw this, I live in a house in Midtown near Grady High.

    Speaking of which, 10th street westbound is now one lane, the entire right lane is now a bicycle lane. Now, I'm all for encouraging alternate transportation, but did we really need to sacrifice an entire lane of traffic? I get that it's cheaper, but its not as if it's going to make people start riding bikes. Additionally, it's easy enough to already ride your bike through the park in that section of town rather than on the street. Now, if they replaced that lane with a streetcar, I'd be much more on board, and may even consider taking public transit to work.

    Seems like yet another band-aid traffic fix.
     
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  10. George Costanza

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    Yep going to create even more traffic along that portion of 10th than there already is.

    Oh well, not my problem anymore in two weeks.
     
  11. Fran Tarkenton

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    50 Miles of New Atlanta Streetcar Lines Billed as 'Priority'
    Wednesday, May 6, 2015, by Michael Kahn

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    [All images via Atlanta Beltline.]

    For those who didn't realize that Atlanta is the land of fantasies, refined plans for the next phases of an expanded streetcar network were revealed last month at a "Citywide Conversation" hosted by theBeltline. New drawings showed a rainbow's worth of routes, all tweaked from the initial proposals released before the current streetcar loop was built. The plans call for 50 miles of streetcar service, mostly contained within the ring created by the future Beltline. In addition to one line running around the Beltline, three lines traverse the city east-to-west and two run north-south. At the moment, the only priority line that breaks outside the Beltline would be one running along Peachtree from Lenox Square to Fort McPherson, emphasizing the need to bolster service in the inner-city. However pie-in-the-sky the plans may be, here are the six proposed lines, and a few suggestions for what they should be called ...

    BeltLine Central Loop (aka the Pedestrian Plower) — Bidirectional service around the Beltline, destined to run down all the wayward runners and walkers who amble into its path.
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    Crosstown Inner Loop (aka the ITP) — East-west bidirectional service extending the existing streetcar line to the Beltline via Atlanta University Center and running clockwise on the Beltline inner track, which is pretty much the new ITP.
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    Crosstown Outer Loop (aka the Braves Express StrëtKärr) — North-south bidirectional service connecting Turner Field, Marietta Street Corridor and Northside Drive and running counterclockwise on the Beltline outer track, and most importantly going near IKEA.
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    Crosstown Crescent Line (aka the L) — East-west bidirectional service connecting Grant Park to Atlanta University Center via Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in the shape of an L.
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    Crosstown Midtown Line (aka the Varsity) — East-west bidirectional service connecting Ponce City Market to Georgia Tech and Westside Reservoir Park along the North Avenue corridor, passing by Atlanta's culinary icon, the Varsity.
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    Crosstown Peachtree Line (the Stuck in Traffic) — North-south bidirectional rail service along Peachtree running from Lenox Squarein Buckhead through downtown and along Lee Street south of the city to Fort McPherson, which will likely just sit in traffic in Buckhead ... and Midtown ... and downtown ...
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    Unfortunately, plans call for the streetcars to run in predominantly mixed traffic, meaning any of these plans that are actually realized will encounter many of the same issues of the current line. While the exact street alignment is yet to be determined, the map gives a general idea — within two or three blocks — of where streetcars would go, if Atlanta were somehow able to find the money to do any of this.

    · Atlanta Streetcar System Plan [Atlanta Beltline]

    http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/...of-new-streetcar-lines-billed-as-priority.php
     
  12. Where Eagles Dare

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    Just came to post that Fran Tarkenton

    If God loves us, it will happen. Original plan was 62 miles and 2.5 billion. So this one might be just a touch less.

    God damn that would be awesome. Throw a Marta line up 75, 400 and put a looping bus around perimeter and we're fucking cooking bitch.

    Think give me some regional trains
     
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  13. Fran Tarkenton

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    So, looking like we will have 2018 College Title Game, 2019 Super Bowl, 2020 College Semifinal, and 2020 Final 4 + whatever Soccer games come our way.
    http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/co..._twitter_2014_uga_sfp#0b87d522.3579291.735724
     
  14. allothersnsused

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    Why would you put a street car that runs exactly where MARTA runs? Just have better connectivity.

    Boom, just saved the city millions.
     
  15. Cornelius Suttree

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    On 5/29 two bands, Idle Bloom and Churchyard, will be playing at 529 in East Atlanta

    Go if you like amazing guitarists, each band has awesome female lead guitarists. The Idle Bloom one, Callan Dwan, is soooooo sick
     
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  16. Fran Tarkenton

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    Fox Bros will be serving food at Shaky Knees this weekend
     
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  17. Keef

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    I am excite. Anyone else going?
     
  18. Matt Foley

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    Is that the festival in Central Park? Lolnope
     
  19. Gaknight

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    Me. If my friend ever gets my ticket to me.
     
  20. Earn_Marks

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    Victory in Inman officially open
     
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  21. George Costanza

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    Not going this year.
     
  22. Where Eagles Dare

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    Shakey Knees is just stupid expensive
     
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  23. Earn_Marks

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    It's one of the best lineups in the country. I think you're devauling it because it's in Atlanta.
     
  24. Where Eagles Dare

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    Nah, I just have little interest in these type of fests and don't like dropping 500 for em
     
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  25. Gaknight

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    half price ticket :smugdog:
     
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  26. w00ds0n2

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    Yep. MARTA is better utilized for longer trips. The streetcar is for short trips and promotes economic development. Infill transit, or so I've heard.
     
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  27. Fran Tarkenton

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    looks like theyre also adding a light to 10th street by the park

    traffic is going to be worse and no one is going to alter their routes
     
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  28. allothersnsused

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    It's just for pedestrians. I'm okay with it, very few people will be crossing there anyway.
     
  29. Doc Louis

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    it's a good lineup, and has that feeling of being better if an act or two were switched in the schedule's lineup. or if they could have gotten portugal the man to play there instead of the masquerade on friday..
     
  30. Earn_Marks

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    They've done an incredible job for three years getting acts to play the festival either as their last show on a run or a one off while not playing hardly anywhere else.
     
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  31. PeterGriffin

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    I only wish I could have foreseen the lineups and chosen Shakey Knees instead of fucking 'Roo. I'll still enjoy myself, but Shakey Knees killed it this year.
     
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  32. Corky Bucek

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    They seemed lucky to nab Clown Baby 's favorite band Old Crow Medicine show.
     
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  33. High Cotton

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    Absolutely absurd and stupid beyond measure. Bikes are the worst.
     
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  34. Clown Baby

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    I'll be front row yelling "wagon wheel" the entire time
     
  35. Matt Foley

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    If they rip off that Darius Rucker song, I'll be pissed!
     
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  36. dawgonit

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    :cerealkiller:
     
  37. Doc Louis

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    considering how new it is they're doing a great job with it. had been looking at the austin city limits lineup and how it seemed perfect if they could swap florence & the machine out for the strokes or alabama shakes. or move modest mouse to the first weekend.
     
  38. Fran Tarkenton

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    Gunshow doing little debbie desserts

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  39. George Costanza

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    Dat oatmeal cream pie cookie
     
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  40. allothersnsused

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    Oh fuck. I have a huge weak spot for these. I know they're white-trashy, but I can never resist. Might have to get the soonest res I can to see if I can catch these.
     
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  41. dawgonit

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    I am same - the swiss cake roll was a young dawgonit's golden opulence
     
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  42. Fran Tarkenton

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    [​IMG]In the competition to redevelop the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center into something that isn't so tired, only two legitimate contenders — with vastly different ideas — remain standing, Bisnow reports. In one corner, Weingarten Realty Investors (an outfit from Texas who has joined forces with Jamestown Properties in the past) reportedly has a more traditional, urban mixed-use redo in mind for the Civic Center's 858,000 square feet and surrounding land. In the other corner stands a consortium that includes funnyman Steve Harvey and Massachusetts-based UnReel Studios; they're leaning more toward a film studio campus for the massive intown site.
     
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  43. Fran Tarkenton

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    #543 Fran Tarkenton, May 7, 2015
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  44. allothersnsused

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    Porsche HQ is one business that makes sense being OTP.

    Hope the civic center goes more traditional mixed-use, or even closer to a Poncy City Market-type. Film studio doesn't scream urban reinvestment to me.
     
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  45. Fran Tarkenton

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    its ITP, barely. By the airport where the Taurus plant used to be.
     
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  46. allothersnsused

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    Probably should have googled it first. It just looked OTP. I'll call it ATP (at the Perimeter)
     
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  47. Fran Tarkenton

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    the food at Shaky Knees looks phenomenal. Should be a great concert, hope the venue works out.


    • Pho Sho
      — French pastries and Vietnamese sandwiches, soups, and spring rolls.
    • Tex's Tacos — Tex-Mex cuisine such as tacos, quesadillas, and "Texicana" loaded fries.
    • Pero's Pizza — Pizza and traditional Italian-American fare.
    • Roti Rolls — Charleston-based truck serving Asian, Indian, Caribbean, and Southern fusion in wrap form.
    • The Pickle — A variety of Tex-Mex, Southern, and Cajun cuisine.
    • Sweet Auburn Barbecue — Barbecue with a Korean flair, with locations in the Sweet Auburn Curb Market and Poncey-Highland.
    • Bhojanic — Northern Indian cuisine, with locations in Decatur and Buckhead.
    • Nectar — Raw juices and other health foods.
    • The Loaded Burger — Creative takes on burgers, with toppings such as prosciutto, macaroni and cheese, and chili, and injected with a variety of sauces.
    • Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q — Texas-style barbecue from the iconic Candler Park restaurant.
     
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  48. George Costanza

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    I have colleagues working on Porsche and they said they all got booted out today along with most of their own employees for the ribbon cutting. They have some big time Germans in town for it.
     
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  49. gordon bombay

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    Went to a charity event there a few weeks back and the security to get in was ridiculous.
     
  50. Matt Foley

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    Brb applying to work at Porsche.