Drift the Map with Joel Silverman

Date and Time

• Sunday, Nov 3, 2024  1pm - 2:30pm

Location

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Details

Join Thread ATL’s Drift The Map and Museum of Design Atlanta to explore the most ambitious historic preservation and adaptive reuse project in Atlanta history.

Over the past half-century, South Downtown Atlanta has been hollowed out by abandoned buildings and underused parking lots as the city's business district shifted northward. The South Downtown redevelopment is transforming 58 historic buildings over eight mostly abandoned and neglected blocks into a dense cluster of walkable retail, dining, and creative workspaces. This mix of adaptive reuse and new residential units includes Hotel Row, the most intact cluster of early 20th-century commercial structures in Atlanta's original business district. Our special guests will include co-owner Jon Birdsong, who launched Buckhead’s small-business incubator Tech Village.

Afterwards we’ll meet for drinks at Wild Leap Brewery, steps away from the revitalized Hotel Row.