Wanona Satcher, an urban designer, landscape architect, and city planner, has been working for years to find an equitable, realistic solution to the affordable housing challenge plaguing cities across the country. Urban rents are rising while incomes are largely stagnant — one study estimated we’ll need an additional 4.6 million new apartments by 2030 just to keep up […]
When you think of fresh fruit, your mind may picture farms in the countryside. But local non-profit Concrete Jungle, whose team focuses on collecting neglected ripe fruits, vegetables and nut trees around the city to serve the hungry, is trying to change that. Since 2009 they have harvested thousands of fruit and nut trees in Atlanta’s public parks, […]
Here today, gone tomorrow, is more than just an idiom, it’s the latest inspiration behind the city’s first urban design pop-up workspace. The Atlanta City Studio, now open on Ponce City Market’s second floor, will play part incubator, workspace, and meeting place for local designers and urban planners. The space will be staffed by a […]