Creative Loafing Atlanta

Westside Village, a failed pet project of former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell, has been given a new lease on life through public incentives and private investment. Officials hope the revitalization of its downtrodden neighborhood will follow.

Briarcliff Summit, built in 1925, has 200 units that are falling apart. Are the owners taking advantage of federal housing subsidies? Should the building be restored? If so, how will residents be impacted?

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is one of the only major transit agencies in the U.S. not to receive state funding, and one reverend is trying to change that.

The Georgia ACLU has successfully petitioned the City of Atlanta to amend a law banning all graffiti, including commissioned graffiti art.

A 'transportation visionary' running for office in Georgia may have the solution to controversial transit problems in the state.

If signed into law, the bill would require local schools and state agencies to use fuel containing at least 2% biodiesel.

Michael Mills is not what you might expect out of Wal-Mart's southern spokesman.

Meier, Piano, Calatrava, oh my! A host of starchitects have descended on Hotlanta, spicing up downtown's skyline.

Governor Sonny Perdue's Congestion Mitigation Task Force may give preference to highway-widening over other traffic reduction strategies.

A multi-millionaire is developing what some call the first true smart growth neighborhood in the city.

A new Atlanta exhibit chronicles the strange world of China’s ‘scavenger economy.’

New, wealthier residents could be using a neighborhood organization to push out older residents.

Georgia lawmakers have raided the state's Hazardous Waste Trust Fund, leaving 539 toxic sites untended.

A ten-year plan to end homelessness in Atlanta has many optimistic, but some social workers believe it may be inherently impossible.

How a mall near Charlotte, North Carolina symbolizes a continual problem of urban development.

Atlanta's new railway loop proposal may yet survive the usual onslaught of bureaucracy and red tape.

Extra grease from Atlanta restaurants fuels the city's growing biodiesel industry.

Atlanta councilmembers believe that closing bars earlier will make the streets of Buckhead safer, but what will the overall impact be?