In Atlanta, It’s More Complicated Than Trees Versus Developers

In Reynoldstown – like in much of Atlanta – longtime residents are seeing their neighborhoods change. Trees have been cleared to make way for new construction.

Al Such / WABE

There used to be trees across the street from Portia Webb’s house.

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She’s lived in the Atlanta neighborhood of Reynoldstown for 50 years, she says. There was a big old house on the lot across the street. And up until a few years ago a ministry that was around the corner would bring kids to the lot to play.