Today was Labor Day, so to finish off our adventurous long weekend we decided to visit some sights in the city which have been on our to-see list for a while; The rooftop Skyline Park at Ponce City Market, The Atlanta Beltline and the Historic Fourth Ward Park, all located near each other about 20-30 minutes drive away from our house.
The Atlanta Beltline is a sustainable redevelopment project aiming to connect neighbourhoods via a 22-mile loop of multi-use trails and parks, using old railroad corridors encircling the city. We only experienced a small section of the trail today which was fun with city views and installation art, but also extremely busy with cyclists, joggers and strollers. This reminded us again that Atlanta desperately needs projects like this to provide recreation space which is severely lacking. We enjoyed our walk around the Historic Fourth Ward Park, a newly created landscaped urban park surrounded by apartment complexes and connected to The Beltline and Ponce City Market.
This was our our second visit to Ponce City Market, but our first to the Skyline Park on the roof. The girls had fun enjoying the various amusements and we all enjoyed the heat and views across the city.
The Atlanta Beltline is a sustainable redevelopment project aiming to connect neighbourhoods via a 22-mile loop of multi-use trails and parks, using old railroad corridors encircling the city. We only experienced a small section of the trail today which was fun with city views and installation art, but also extremely busy with cyclists, joggers and strollers. This reminded us again that Atlanta desperately needs projects like this to provide recreation space which is severely lacking. We enjoyed our walk around the Historic Fourth Ward Park, a newly created landscaped urban park surrounded by apartment complexes and connected to The Beltline and Ponce City Market.
This was our our second visit to Ponce City Market, but our first to the Skyline Park on the roof. The girls had fun enjoying the various amusements and we all enjoyed the heat and views across the city.