How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city

Name: How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city
Uploaded: 2016-12-01T15:57:12Z
Duration: 11 min 17 s
Description: Urban planner Ryan Gravel shares the story of how his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, rallied to build a massive urban park that will transform an abandoned railroad track into 22 miles of public green space called the Atlanta BeltLine. The places we live aren't inevitable, he says -- and if we want something different, we need to speak up.

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Ryan Gravel |

TEDNYC

• October 2016

Urban planner Ryan Gravel shares the story of how his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, rallied to build a massive urban park that will transform an abandoned railroad track into 22 miles of public green space called the Atlanta BeltLine. The places we live aren't inevitable, he says -- and if we want something different, we need to speak up.

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design
cities
urban planning
infrastructure
gardening

How an old loop of railroads is changing the face of a city

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