August 22, 2017
What will Atlanta look like in a few decades, hell, even a few years from now? The face of the city is quickly changing and one of the quickest is the area around the Georgia Dome and the new Mercedes Benz Stadium. This includes the surrounding neighborhoods such as Vine City. I’ve seen some of the mock ups and they will completely change what the neighborhoods look like. Vine City Park or Rodney Cook Sr. Park is one such area. Right now it is surrounded by some struggling businesses and run down properties. But it is pretty safe to say not for too much longer…
Part of the open space at Rodney Cook Sr. Park off of Joseph E. Boone Blvd.
Part of the open space at Rodney Cook Sr. Park off of Joseph E. Boone Blvd. If you follow the trail cut through the trees you can see parts of the Georgia Dome in the distance.
L & L Grocery at the corner of Joseph E. Boone Blvd. and Vine St.
Construction equipment sits in the background for a sign welcoming visitors to Vine City at Rodney Cook Sr. Park.
Buildings for sale are surrounded by a chain link fence at the corner of Vine St. and Joseph E. Boone Blvd.
Graffiti covers an abandoned building on Joseph E. Boone Blvd. across from Rodney Cook Sr. Park.
1st Thesalonian Missionary Baptist Church sits across from Rodney Cook Sr. Park.
Construction equipment sits surrounded by chain link fencing at the corner of Elm St. and Joseph E. Boone Blvd.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium can be seen behind the tree and construction equipment resting in the corner of Rodney Cook Sr. Park.
Looking down Joseph E. Boone Blvd. back towards Northside Dr. and the stadiums.
Tarped buildings sit across from Rodney Cook Sr. Park at Elm St.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium can be seen behind the construction equipment resting in the corner of Rodney Cook Sr. Park.
Looking down Joseph E. Boone Blvd. back towards Northside Dr. and the stadiums.
The corner of Vine and Tyler streets nestled in the midst of Rodney Cook Sr. Park.