{"192811":{"#nid":"192811","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Beltline can change the way we think about Atlanta says Ryan Gravel (MCP\/MArch \u002799)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe idea to more intimately link 45 Atlanta neighborhoods through a\u0026nbsp;common trailway began as a graduate thesis at Georgia Tech. In 1999, a city planning and architecture student named Ryan Gravel proposed an overhaul of an abandoned railroad corridor, a 120-page proposal he expected to gather dust. Instead\u0026nbsp;a city councilwoman heard about the proposal and seized on it, using the Beltline as an economic and community development tool. \u201cIt\u2019s not only changing the physical form of the city,\u0022 Ryan Gravel told The New York Times, \u0022it\u2019s changing the way we think about the city.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2013-02-18 15:57:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:18","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Extension of Self","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/15\/us\/beltline-provides-new-life-to-railroad-tracks-in-atlanta.html?_r=1\u0026","dateline":{"date":"2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-02-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15269","name":"Atlanta BeltLine"},{"id":"471","name":"beltline"},{"id":"19131","name":"ryan gravel"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}