Meet the consultant team, learn about the project, get updates on the archaeological process, and share your insights into this site and Atlanta's trail network along the Chattahoochee River.

The following events are part of the Atlanta City Studio’s re-launch of Love Our Places. They include info sessions, design demonstrations, community engagement, and fun for all.

"But City Water, City Life is more than a history of urbanization. It is also a refreshing meditation on water as a necessity, as a resource for commerce and industry, and as an essential—and central—part of how we define our civilization." - Chicago Press

This year’s Preserving Pride event explores the evolution of LGBTQ+ social spaces in Atlanta by examining how bars, clubs, bookstores, community centers, homes, and other places have fostered freedom, resilience, and activism. Blending storytelling, archival material, and visioning exercises, participants are invited to both reflect on the past and imagine inclusive queer spaces for the future.

Tour leaders and guests will meet at the 5 Points Community Center and walk along Euclid Ave to Moreland Ave. We will hear from area community leaders and take a look at historic venues like the Star Bar and Criminal Records, as well as the many public artworks.

In Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett chronicle their experience living in the Netherlands and the benefits that result from treating cars as visitors rather than owners of the road.

This program will explore the relationship between the inherent inequities in the public education system and integration following Brown v. Board of Education (1954) -- and how the legacy of the latter helped create the often-inequitable public education landscape that Black children and their families face today.

Join the Department of City Planning and The Atlanta Urban Design Commission for the 2026 Annual Design Awards. The Awards spotlight exemplary work that shapes Atlanta’s identity—honoring achievements in architecture, adaptive reuse, landscape design, planning, and community-focused development.

The City of Atlanta's City Planning Studio and Historic Preservation department celebrate this year's Preservation Month with two tours of historic music venues and spaces. We will host the first tour on May 2nd with Sweet Auburn Works.

Join the Atlanta City Studio and Jim Hackler, sustainability advocate, journalist, and community organizer, for a walk through South Downtown that looks at how green spaces survive and thrive in an urban environment.

This program will examine matters of equity, justice, and freedom in natural settings and in public recreation facilities during the Jim Crow Era of social, political, and economic segregation.

Happening during Landscape Architecture Month and Architecture Week, the April Atlanta City Studio Book Club will feature a unique title: Urban Forests: A Natural History of Trees and People in the American Cityscape by Jill Jonnes.

Bringing 404 energy to The Great Lawn @ Lee + White for a day of music, creativity, and community.

Progress and Race: Atlanta's Negro Building, The New South, & the Making of a Southern Capital.

Join Atlanta City Studio and author, Jefferey Morrison, as we discuss his book, Atlanta Underground: History From Below. Atlanta History buffs and the history curious welcome.

Meet the consultant team, learn about the project, get updates on the archaeological process, and share your insights into this site and Atlanta's trail network along the Chattahoochee River.

Join us in February when author Josh Green discusses his satirical novel, Goodbye, Sweetberry Park. This award-winning, satirical novel explores gentrification, neighborhood dynamics, and flesh-eating snakes.

This program will highlight case studies from New York City and Atlanta-focused perspectives to explore how we can ask different questions of the preservation enterprise to advance more just representation and promote more inclusive narratives.

Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World is an eye-opening exploration of one of the little-known levers that control our world—zoning codes—and a call to arms to use them to improve American society at every level.

Join the Department of City Planning’s Office of Design for a special December Bookclub discussion about our latest selection, Race and the Greening of Atlanta: Inequality, Democracy, and Environmental Politics in an Ascendant Metropolis, by Christopher C. Sellers. Sellers will join us for our discussion virtually.

The Porch is a collaborative initiative between the Department of City Planning and the Department of Parks & Recreation to preserve Atlanta’s cultural history by collecting stories from senior citizens through workshops and oral recordings. The stories highlight how infrastructure projects, such as highway construction, divided and displaced Black communities. The collected stories will be presented as a public sound installation at City Hall.

Join us for a thoughtful evening with award-winning writer and urban design theorist Hannah Palmer, as she discusses her acclaimed works and the stories hidden within Atlanta's urban landscape. Palmer, known for her essays, memoirs, and public art projects, explores the intricate connections between Atlanta's history, hidden communities, and the natural environment.

Join us for an engaging evening with award-winning author, preservationist, and cultural developer Gene Kansas as he discusses his mission, work, and his acclaimed book, Civil Sights: Sweet Auburn, a Journey Through Atlanta's National Treasure. This talk and tour are a deeper dive than a regular book talk.

Join us for the kickoff Open House for the Chattahoochee Brick Company and Atlanta Riverlands Planning and Design process! Presentations at 10:30 and 12:30.

October’s book club selection: A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution by Martin Padgett. Coursing with a pumped-up beat, gay Atlanta was the South's mecca―a beacon for gays and lesbians growing up in its homophobic towns and cities.

This tour will focus on the history of the Chastain Art Center, which was formerly the African American Almshouse for Fulton County. City Staff will discuss the history of the buildings on the site and how they were converted for use as the Arts Center over 50 years ago.

Join us for a stimulating evening of conversation with Emmy-nominated spoken-word poet and author Jon Goode. Goode, known for his thoughtful and intentional lyricism, will delve into the inspirations behind his works and his journey as a writer and performer.

Dr. Beth Roark will explore the fascinating history of funerary art and architecture in American Cemeteries in the 19th century. This is a live webinar. Click the link for Zoom access on October 7, 2025.

Vamos ATL is a curated panel discussion designed to highlight the influence and contributions of Latine and Hispanic community members in Atlanta’s cultural and economic landscape. The discussion will be moderated by Laura Murvartian of Arte GA.