{"278211":{"#nid":"278211","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Atlanta stadium developments range from intentional gentrification to fortresses says Prof.s Dobbins and Keating","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta\u2019s poor record on economic inequality has not disappeared in the 50 years following the civil rights movement. \u201cIt\u2019s bothered me ever since I got here; it bothers me more and more,\u201d professor Mike Dobbins says. \u201cIt\u2019s the worst city for people born poor to be anything other than poor.\u201d What change has come to the neighborhoods has had fewer tangible benefits for the original residents. More than $66 million in grants and investments poured into the community to build new housing during this period,\u0026nbsp;but few of these new units were affordable enough for long-time residents to rent or purchase. As Keating concluded, \u201cthe revitalization occurring in Summerhill is intentional gentrification.\u201d Dobbins, who used the neighborhoods around the Falcons stadium project as a case study for his urban planning graduate students at Georgia Tech last semester\u003Cstrong\u003E,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;says that dismantling the \u201cfortress-like look\u201d of nearby Northside Drive should be a key part of any stadium redevelopment plan. \u201cThey walled off downtown from these neighborhoods.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2014-02-21 16:39:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:59","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"flexwork policy","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/neighborhoods\/2014\/02\/atlanta-two-stadiums-collide-dreams-new-downtown\/8426\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10186","name":"Larry Keating"},{"id":"5029","name":"michael dobbins"},{"id":"168896","name":"Stadium"}],"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":""}}}