A couple of days ago, hakaber uploaded an old Atlanta map to Flickr and in my “why’s it so damn hot at midnight?” phase I thought it would be cool if it was overlayed with a current street map from Google…
So I did…
Man, how much nicer (and quieter) would Atlanta be without a big, stinking 12+ lane interstate running through it? On second thoughts, it would be nicer, but I doubt it would be quieter…
Originally uploaded by FLC.
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2 responses to “Atlanta (Then and Now)”
That is so cool! Nice work. I remember reading an article a while back about how building the interstate right through the middle of the city caused a lot of turmoil back in the day because they were dividing neighborhoods.
Would have been nice if the interstate had just skirted around the city. Sure, by today it would look like it ‘was in the middle’, due to sprawl. But I think we’d have a more functional transit plan.
That’s awesome! I love maps.