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Free Atlanta Streetcar Walking Tour Saturday
Wear comfortable shoes, and feel free to bring water and cameras for the tour that will include a stop for lunch at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market.
Interested in checking out progress on what will be the Atlanta Streetcar? Then sign up for Saturday’s Streetcar Walking Tour, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Please wear comfortable shoes, and feel free to bring water and cameras. No strollers, please. Meet at the southeast entrance to the Peachtree Center MARTA at Peachtree and Ellis streets. The free tour will stop for lunch at the Sweet Auburn Curb Market.
Contact KLHillsman@AtlantaGa.Gov for more info.
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The $90 million project, which is expected to go into service next year, will create a rail route that links Old Fourth Ward to Centennial Olympic Park Downtown. The eventual hope, from a long-term perspective, is to create a north-south route from the Brookhaven MARTA station to Fort McPherson, in addition to the east-west line, according to Central Atlanta Progress.
The initial funding for the project focused on the Downtown east-west route.
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Immovable Media took a video of the east-west line for a virtual ride of what it will be like when it comes to fruition.
When built and functional do you think it will prove to be popular with metro Atlantans as well as tourists?
East Atlanta Patch Editor Péralte Paul contributed to this story
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