Atlanta’s Beltline at a crossroads

The Atlanta Beltline is giving its annual “State of the Beltline” report Wednesday as the project passes the two-thirds mark of a three-decade plan that promised to forever alter Atlanta.

At this point, you’d be hard pressed to find someone who would say it hasn’t already, although whether that’s been equitable and in line with the original vision is up for debate.

In 1999, Ryan Gravel turned in his master’s thesis at Georgia Tech describing the potential for a 22-mile loop around the city’s core that would bring together neighborhoods and offer new transit opportunities, not to mention recreation and opportunity.