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The Grant Park Gateway Project will comprise
a 1,000-space parking deck with rooftop
green space.

Following are some of Atlanta's projects that are under construction or in the
planning phase.
Grant Park Gateway Project
The parking deck project at Grant Park
serves as a testament to eco-friendly,
smart design. This $48 million project
will comprise a 1,000-space parking
structure, resembling more of a rooftop
green space than a typical concrete edifice. Inspired by the aesthetic look of
Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, Atlanta's
parking deck will be partially embedded
into a hillside. Its design will boast a
green roof and a restaurant offering picturesque views of Atlanta's downtown
skyline, while the inside of the deck will
house bicycle parking, as well as a rainwater harvesting system for green-space
irrigation. The parking structure will also
become LEED/Park Smart Certified.
According to Commissioner Phuong,
the project was dubbed, the Grant Park
Gateway Project, " because we felt it
would be the new, transformative way to
enter both the Zoo Atlanta facility and
Grant Park, which is our oldest traditional park. " The pathway will expand
further into the park, guiding visitors to a
new plaza and neoclassical building that
once featured the Cyclorama - a cylindrical panoramic painting depicting the
1864 Civil War Battle of Atlanta. The
Grant Park Gateway Project is slated for
completion sometime in 2019.
What's more, DPR has joined forces with Zoo Atlanta, along with other
county and philanthropic partners, to
transform the Cyclorama building into
a multifunctional facility for hosting
special events, as well as to enhance the
zoo's amenities and introduce a new
safari exhibit. Atlanta magazine reports
that the Robert Woodruff Foundation
has awarded Zoo Atlanta a $20 million
grant for the renovation efforts, matching
the zoo's own $20 million investment.

Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry
In September 2016, engineers began tunneling between the Chattahoochee River
and Hemphill Water Treatment Plant in an
effort to transform Bellwood Quarry into a
2-billion-gallon water reservoir. This $300
million project, according to Curbed Atlanta,
will provide the city with a 30-day emergency water supply - an upgrade from its current three-day reserve. The city purchased
the 100-year-old quarry back in 2006 and
then the Trust for Public Land preserved a
10-acre property right at the entrance as an
add-on to the site in December 2006.
However, the reservoir is just one of many
projects in development along the Atlanta
BeltLine, a 22-mile corridor of parks, trails
and transit surrounding downtown. In January 2017, the city revealed plans for Phase
One of Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry
- a $26.5 million project that will feature
scenic trails and pathways, connecting pedestrians to the Proctor Creek Greenway.
Commissioner Phuong says the entire
park development will be done in phases
that will take at least 10 years to complete.
However, once Westside Park is finished,
she contends it will " be the game changer
for the city in our parks system. " Its planned
300-acre green space will surpass Piedmont
Park. " That's going to be our largest park
once it's brought on line, " she says.
Boone Park West
Also on Atlanta's Westside, completion
is within reach on the Boone Park West
project, a collaborative project between

Park Pride, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
and 7he Conservation Fund. It will
feature green infrastructure constructed to
collect, clean and infiltrate about 37,500
cubic feet of stormwater runoff from the
nearby streets, while creating a beautifully
designed park for the community. In 2016,
NRPA awarded Park Pride a Great Urban
Parks Campaign grant, totaling $437,500, for
the Boone Park West project. Atlanta's
Department of Parks and Recreation and
Department of Sustainability have also
played a pivotal role in the project.
Andrew White, director of Park Visioning at Park Pride, says the project was conceived from the Proctor Creek North Avenue
Study for Green Infrastructure (PNA Study)
conducted in 2010. Park Pride " came into
a historically underserved community on
Atlanta's Westside with the idea of building a park, but then heard from residents
that they're really interested in jobs and
relief from this chronic flooding that has
been plaguing the neighborhood, leading
to further disinvestment and health issues
in the community. And rather than move
forward with plans to just build a park,
we rolled up our sleeves and really took
a hard look at what role we could play in
addressing the challenges identified by the
community, " White explains.
Cook Park
Another project identified in the PNA
Study is Cook Park, which TPL is leading. Located on Atlanta's Westside,
" Cook Park is a 16-acre site where in

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