Peachtree Pavements

This is a preview of the upcoming three part series on the Peachtree Street streetscapes of Atlanta in Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead.

Thomson Streetscape

Completion Site Visit

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McDuffie County

Brick Paving Patterns

Brick placement, color choices and patterns can acheive a wide variety of results from a simple rectangular block.

Powder Springs Streetscape

Completion Site Visit

Cobb County

Atlanta/Paris Street Furniture

Above is a view of the new Atlanta street vending kiosks recently installed downtown in and around Woodruff Park. (The above picture is from the Atlanta Intown newspaper. You can link to the original article in the title above)

The new Atlanta vending kiosks have been compared to those in Paris. The image below is a Paris kiosk.

Atlanta Plaza Park

Here are two views of Atlanta's Plaza Park c. 1949, and what replaced them once the area was redeveloped into Underground Atlanta.

Rio Sidewalks

This is a less familiar pattern from Rio de Janeiro.

This shows the 'wave' pattern pavement meeting the beach

Here is another view from the street side.