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Preservation group urges council to keep sky-bridge item on table, cites streetscape concerns
Summary
David Mitchell of the Atlanta Preservation Center urged the Committee on Council to maintain the item on the agenda that would allow a permanent sky bridge or tunnel across Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to move forward only after broader public review, calling the structure "obtrusive and unnecessary."
David Mitchell, executive director of the Atlanta Preservation Center, urged members of the Atlanta City Council Committee on Council during public comment to keep an upcoming item about a proposed sky-bridge on the table for more public study and discussion.
"I beseech you to have the same courage you did last week and keeping this thing on the table," Mitchell said, referring to the committee’s earlier action. He…
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