Atlanta
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Salaam Springs at Grant Park
Salaam Springs (aka “The Pond”) is the main only water feature in Atlanta’s Grant Park. It’s not huge and it’s more of a stormwater catchment than a landscaped lake TBH. However, it was re-built & re-landscaped a few years ago with a viewing deck, a working water fountain, and native plants around the edge.
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Erskine Fountain in Grant Park, Atlanta
The Grant Park Conservancy has been restoring old, abandoned features of Grant Park over the past decade. The Erskine Fountain is a special addition, which really shines with all the blooming lilies (and it’s very close to Zoo Atlanta’s entrance).
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Flowers on the Beltline
The Beltline arborteum is an underrated, but seriously appreciated part of the project. In the Spring, I love seeing all the native plants and flowers blooming along the trail. The Westside, with its larger easements, has especially large plantings.
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American Chestnut Tree Growing at Atlanta History Center
Efforts to bring back the American Chestnut have been slow but steady. And I was surprised to find a planting at none other than the Atlanta History Center! It’s not as old or as established as the ones at Allatoona Dam, but they seem healthy and strong. They are a fun little Easter Egg tucked inconspicuously in the very back of the Center’s property near The Wood Cabin.
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The Grant Park Hawk
The Red Tailed Hawk that lives in Atlanta’s Grant Park is an absolute Boss. He’s also used to humans and will land incredibly close. In this case, he’s at the basketball courts – themed for the Atlanta Hawks – so I guess he loves a good pun too.
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Start of the Atlanta Marathon
Most years, I get to run either the full or the half marathon in Atlanta. It usually takes place early in the year, in late February or early March. It’s a great event with a great course, but it’s always funny just being part of such a giant crowd that is out to…run.
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Lovely Madagascaran Flower at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
I forgot to get the species name of this flower, but one of the most interesting things in the desert exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens is how colorful so many of the plants and flowers in the desert are.
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Atlanta Then & Now by Michael Rose
I picked up Atlanta Then and Now expecting to feel nostalgic about demolished buildings and lost architecture around Atlanta. Instead,…
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A Snowy Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia
Snow makes everything look beautiful wen it first falls.
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Trail at Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve
Lake Charlotte is an accidental treasure in the City of Atlanta. It’s a conservation tract right in the middle of a massive industrial area. But the tract is big enough and so dense with mature hardwoods that it’s a scenic oasis in the city. Love it.
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Beech Grove at Atlanta History Center
Belying its name, the Atlanta History Center is mostly gardens & forest with so many nice walks & mature trees.
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Atlanta’s $23,000,000 Pedestrian Bridge
This pedestrian bridge crosses Northside Drive at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. It is one of the most controversial and irksome pieces of infrastructure in the city of Atlanta.
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Who I’m Voting For in the November 2025 Special & Municipal Elections in Atlanta, Georgia
Here is the problem that I run into every 2 years. I’m sold on the idea that voting in every…
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Morning in Grant Park, Atlanta
I love the autumn light in Georgia, especially in city parks like Atlanta’s Grant Park.
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Murphy Ave in Atlanta
This spot in Atlanta looks abandoned, industrial, and a bit of a wasteland but it is right at the intersection of MARTA and the Southside Beltline. Hopefully, over the next 20 years, it will become a hub of commercial activity and affordable housing.
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Grant Park’s Summer Shade Festival
The Summer Shade Festival is one of the largest neighborhood festivals in Atlanta. It takes place in Grant Park in August every year. It’s always fun and well attended and very, very hot.
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Atlanta’s New Westside Park
Atlanta has a new largest city park at Westside Park. It surrounds a quarry which doubles as our emergency water supply.
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Better Than Lawns
The best looking front yards have butterflies in them.
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Fulton Mill from Oakland Cemetery
This view of one of Atlanta’s oldest factories is like a time machine in an otherwise fast-changing city.
