Atlanta’s ambitious highway park project has a new plan

The team developing The Stitch, an ambitious proposal to cap part of Atlanta’s Downtown Connector with a park, plans to begin street construction next year before tackling the project’s signature green space.

Why it matters: The project, roughly a decade in the making, aims to repair the damage caused by the construction of the Downtown Connector and could spur new development.


Driving the news: The nonprofit Atlanta Downtown Stitch Inc. unveiled new renderings during an event Thursday at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights attended by civic, business and neighborhood leaders…

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