Saturday afternoon
Walking Tours
2:45 until …. > leave from Sheraton Colony Square Hotel
Closing Luncheon - 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Our final “official” gathering will be a farewell luncheon with former
and current faculty as the honored guests. Here is your chance to “toast”
or “roast” your favorite faculty members for all those edits,
spreadsheets, “Inc.,” late nights at school, rewrites, award winning
papers/projects, and field work. We’ll also have opportunities for
attendees to organize “class reunions” for the remainder of the weekend.
Walking Tours 2:45 pm – until , leaving from Sheraton Colony
Square Hotel
You can choose from three guided walking tours: The Midtown, the
Downtown, or the Historic Preservation Downtown tours. All tours will
leave from the Sheraton Colony Square Hotel at 2:45 p.m.
Midtown’s phenomenal growth has out paced many goals of its
master plan Blueprint Midtown, evident by the addition of 6.5 million
square feet of office space, and 5,800 residential units in just 6-years.
Kick it up and explore the district, while learning how Midtown Alliance
engaged the community to define a vision and took dramatic steps toward
implementation of the plan. The tour visits some of the area’s unique
developments, both old and new, that represent the evolution of this
dynamic urban neighborhood. The Midtown guided walking tour will be led by
representatives from Midtown Alliance.
The Downtown guided walking tour will showcase recent planning
initiatives, development projects and improvements that characterize the
resurgence of Downtown as the economic, civic, cultural and residential
heart of the Atlanta region. The tour will visit sites as varied as new
high-rise residential buildings, state-of-the-art classroom facilities,
improved streetscape corridors and the planned Multimodal Passenger
Terminal and Georgia Aquarium locations. Learn how these projects evolved
and are evolving from ideas, plans and drawings into bricks and mortar.
The Downtown guided walking tour will be led by representatives from
Central Atlanta Progress.
Join the Historic Preservation Downtown tour to experience
Atlanta’s earliest high-rise district, winding through interiors of
several of Atlanta’s landmark structures. You’ll see how Atlanta’s
downtown architecture developed from Victorian period styles to Art Deco
to modern, and learn about the businessmen, architects, and prominent
families who created the city’s early commercial center. Note: You will be
riding MARTA to the downtown area so you will need to have change for the
fare. The current fare is $1.75 one way. The Historic Preservation
Downtown tour will be led by Jessica Lavandier from Fulton County's
Department of Environment and Community Development and Atlanta
Preservation Center volunteer tour guide.
