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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The talk about creating a new Atlanta Falcons stadium that does repeat the mistakes of the Georgia Dome and engages the surrounding communities has been mostly lip service according to Heather Alhadeff (MCP '00) and Professor Mike Dobbins of Georgia Tech's School of City and Regional Planning. “As a planner, it’s hard to understand why we in Atlanta still favor parking lots over beautiful urban places,” said Alhadeff. Proposals for a parking overlay district, additional surface parking, and the elimination of segments of Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive or Mitchell Street to accommodate the stadium are being studied by Dobbins' planning studio.
