New Buckhead tower

[Spartan]

Awsome. Thanks for digging that up!

[ironchapman]

Isn't that the one the man is trying to jump off of? The construction site, I mean. I put something in ATL Off Topic about this.

[Spartan]

No, I don't think this one is under construction yet. I thought that guy was in Midtown somewhere?

[ironchapman]

3040 Peachtree is the address of the site where the jumper is.

Is he really that big of a story around the South?

[eastsider]

They just had a quick mention of him on the news in Charlotte tonight. They only said he was wanted for murder and was up there for over 24 hours.

[Spartan]

3040 Peachtree is the address of the site where the jumper is.

Is he really that big of a story around the South?

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I heard it this afternoon on an hourly news update on a talk radio station in Spartanburg.

[ironchapman]

You should what kind of story it is in the ATL Metro.

12 hours after he first climbed up there, Channel 2 still has the guts to call it "Breaking News".

[Chris121091]

Buckhead, in some sense is not a suburb. I would call it Atlanta's Uptown. It posseses most uptown qualities. Like it's geographical location north of midtown, etc. Buckhead is a PART of atlanta, so it shouldn't be a suburb.Atlanta is obviously trying to make Buckhead a more showcased downtown type area. come on people, Read betwen the lines

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[ironchapman]

Buckhead is NOT a suburb indeed. It hasn't been since ATL absorbed it in the 1950's. It is merely a large Northern Atlanta Neighborhood.

[Martinman]

Here's central Buckhead minus much of the highrise residential lining Peachtree street.

I agree Buckhead should be in some other classification since its development has been in a suburban nature but it is a part of the city and immediately north of the CBD.

[MAJIKMAN]

I would like to put this question out there. what other cities, and this isn't exclusive to the south, has developement like this.

[RiversideGator]

Just because an area is in a city does not mean it is not suburban. I think Buckhead is a strange mix of urban and suburban. It is urban along Peachtree but generally once you get off P-tree it becomes suburban. I think it sort of defies categorization.

[peaceloveunderstanding]

I would like to put this question out there. what other cities, and this isn't exclusive to the south, has developement like this.

uh ever heard of Miami. They have far more developments on a larger scale then this.

[eastsider]

Add Dallas, Houston, and Las Vegas to that.

[95-Souf]

where are the renderings

[UrbanSoutherner]

Is Buckhead urban or suburban? That's an interesting question. It is in the Atlanta city limits, which says a lot given the city's extremely restrictive municipal boundary. I think that the last annexation by the city was in 1952 when the city annexed a large area including Buckhead. It is also "uptown" for Atlanta. But clearly, like 90% of all southern and western cities with their suburban era booms, Buckhead has a suburban feel in many ways. It was certainly developed in a suburban fashion originally with malls and "office park" type developments. However, I would argue that the area is gradually evolving into a more urban environment, certainly more so than the Galleria area, the Concourse area, or other edge cities around Atlanta. The Buckhead Coalition is interested in new urbanist design. Note that the newer developments are increasingly new urbanist in nature. The new Cousins building is on the street with no office park surroundings as with many of the older buildings. Another new 47-story building has been proposed and is mixed-use. The area has two MARTA stations and the Buckhead Coalition has a local bus system. The planning for the area is geared towards making the area more pedestrian friendly. Buckhead is a hybrid area--part suburban and part urban in my opinion, and it is headed more towards an urban atmosphere over time. It may never be as urban as the Downtown or Midtown areas (my preferred areas), but it still will be quite a few notches above standard suburban to be fair.

[teshadoh]

Buckhead.........

it's suburban.

[Martinman]

I would like to put this question out there. what other cities, and this isn't exclusive to the south, has developement like this.

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All big cities Ive ever been to have multiple submarkets for office etc which include high rises.

[UrbanSoutherner]

All big cities Ive ever been to have multiple submarkets for office etc which include high rises.

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I agree. If you look at the other big cities in the South (Miami, Houston, and Dallas), you get the same edge city effect. The other southern cities are too small to see this yet.

[Chris121091]

buckhead is building up a lot of stuff, what does buckhead mean anyway?

[ironchapman]

A long long time ago, before Buckhead was part of Atlanta, there was a tavern in the buckhead area that had a stuffed deer's head above the sign. It became something of a landmark, I guess. So people started calling the area Buckhead.

[charlotte_bon_vivant]

Yes, Buckhead used to be known as Irbyville named after the man (Henry Irby)who owned pretty much the entire area as well as that tavern. After the deer head incident, people called the tavern "Buck's Head Tavern" or "Buck Head Tavern". The name stuck. The tavern was located on the spot that is now the intersection of Peachtree and Rosweel Roads in Buckhead Village.

[ironchapman]

Thanks, girly! I had forgotten about that.

[teshadoh]

Thanks, girly! I had forgotten about that.

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Well, it was about 150 years ago - so I wouldn't feel too bad about that

[Unifour]

A few years ago, I read an article in a website about Buckhead that was telling of a massive "urban Peachtree Rd." It said that a new landscaped boulevard would be converted out of the old Peachtree Rd. and that new pedestrian friendly areas would be built, along with wider sidewalks, a bike path, and new pedestrial lighting and crosswalks would be constructed, which would lead to new offices, hotels, sidewalk cafes, etc., right on the road. Anyone know what happened to this plan?