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Article: Georgia Tech's new campus earns national land-use award.
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- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Article date:
- November 25, 2004
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Byline: Janet Frankston
Nov. 25--New urban spaces created from vacant parking lots don't always become lively neighborhoods.
A built-in student population helps, and so does retail space to draw in office workers and nearby residents.
In trying to add more classroom space, build a center for technology-based economic development and enhance its prestige, Georgia Tech moved east across the Downtown Connector and created a new campus designed to appeal to more than students.
Centered at Spring and Fifth streets, Technology Square has been declared a success by the Urban Land Institute. The national land-use research institute named Tech ...