Oct 29, 20208 min read
Why ADUs Are So Hard To Build, and How Atlanta Could Make it Easier
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a popular tool for addressing the nation’s affordable housing crisis. Every homeowner with an attic,...
Sep 24, 20209 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 4: Incremental Design
(This post is Part 4 of a series on evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 3) In this series we have covered...
Sep 24, 20205 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 3: Outside Subsidy
(This post is Part 3 of a series on evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 2) So far in this series we’ve...
Sep 23, 20207 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 2: Project Costs
(This post is Part 2 of KUA's guide to evaluating catalytic development projects. Click here to read Part 1: Setting Goals) In our last...
Sep 23, 20208 min read
Catalytic Redevelopment Part 1: Setting Goals
After over a year’s worth of engagement by respondents and community members, the Atlanta Beltline Inc. (ABI) recently announced that...
Apr 20, 20202 min read
Love(able Neighborhoods) in the Time of Corona
After a month of social distancing, the KUA team is settling into our new normal. Aside from your standard working from home woes - hours...
Feb 10, 20204 min read
Partners for Better Places
Making places better takes a lot more than great architecture and urban design. Our work over the last decade has expanded beyond...
Aug 8, 20193 min read
A Tale of Two Bridges: Infrastructure and Equity
Urbanists in Atlanta and around the country are tearing their hair out after discovering the Northside Drive pedestrian bridge at the...
Jul 31, 20193 min read
Lessons from Market Street
Some will recognize the image above as a still from the film “A Trip Down Market Street”, shot in 1906 in San Francisco by Harry Miles....
Jul 24, 20192 min read
Parking Updates and Why They Matter: Part Two
A few months ago we sang the praises of Atlanta’s new parking-related zoning updates, and hinted at a follow-up post. Our feelings on...
Jun 29, 20195 min read
The Not-So-Great Scooter Debate
Can you believe it? Some opaque industry polluted the public spaces of our city with dangerous vehicles and we are all complicit in...
Jun 7, 20191 min read
Atlanta Streets Alive: Help Us Advocate for Complete Streets!
KWA and ABC’s vision for a complete Dekalb Ave Come see us on Sunday at Streets Alive! We’ll be stationed on Dekalb Ave, right in front...
May 10, 20195 min read
10 Thoughts for Hulsey Yard
If you haven’t yet heard (you must live under a rock), CSX has officially vacated Hulsey Yard, a former intermodal freight terminal and...
Apr 25, 20193 min read
Parking Updates and Why They Matter
It’s 2019. Does your city still have minimum parking requirements? So starts a recent Strong Towns post, and while Atlanta does still...
Feb 8, 20195 min read
A Tactical Solution for Dekalb Ave
It’s no secret that we are bicycle enthusiasts at KWA; half of our employees are bike commuters, and we also happen to share an office...
Oct 6, 20173 min read
8 FEATURES THAT MAKE PARSONS ALLEY WORK
We hear that the City of Duluth is enjoying the ongoing revitalization of their historic downtown, which includes KWA’s work at Parsons...
Sep 21, 20175 min read
La France Walk: Looking Back and Thinking Forward
La France Walk is a new walkable pocket community in the intown Atlanta neighborhood of Edgewood. Learn more at www.lafrancewalk.com or...
Sep 19, 20171 min read
WATCH KWA’S NEW VIDEO ON BICYCLING AND PLACEMAKING!
For this installment in our Placemaking video series, we teamed up with some of Atlanta’s foremost cycling advocates and experts to...
Aug 19, 20164 min read
Free Pizza!
A Pizzapolonian preparing pizza for the customers of his shoe store. Once upon a time, lawmakers in a magical land called Pizzapolis...
Aug 11, 20161 min read
Good Gracious! we sure do love the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition
Rebecca Serna, Executive Director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, was featured on the latest Good Gracious Podcast. We are lucky enough...