I just came across this story about the city of Smyrna razing the 94-building, 48 acres of the Hickory Lakes apartments. I know little of the area, including the apparent crime problems. It will cost them $9.5 million for the rights to the area, and $4 million to raze it. It seems pretty expensive for 0.075 square miles, but I'm not a developer, so I wouldn't know. Their budget seems solid, so why not!
In fact, I wonder why the wealthy in Atlanta don't all huddle up to blow up some of these ugly old, abandoned buildings (like in The Bluff) and plant trees instead. Think about the carbon they could save! The area around the Georgia State University Commons is looking a lot better though.
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