Comments on: Obligatory Blog Entry: IKEA

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 00:43:54 +0000

My husband and I have lived in Atlantic Station for over a year now and we reguarly ride the Atlantic Station shuttle which runs through the community and to the Arts Center MARTA Station. If you also look at the MARTA Inner Core Study, there is a hybrid of the Beltline and C-Loop which shows transit running through Atlantic Station…now you know.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:25:20 +0000

The MARTA shuttle is good, to be sure… but what would be better is if there were a transit station centrally located within Atlanta Station (it does have “station” in its name, after all). Maybe as part of the Belt Line Project..?

By: duane

duane — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:39:11 +0000

I don’t live near Atlantic Station, I live in East Atlanta, so I never expected to enjoy the walking to and from privileges of Atlantic Station residents. And, I thought that they created Atlantic Station as kind of a live-in work-in environment. But what about the people that want to come and check it out? I feel like that wasn’t considered ENOUGH, especially when it comes to IKEA. I think that IKEA got the message about it being the only one in the southeast; the store is huge. BUT, there is not enough parking to handle it. AND the roads to get to IKEA (17th… which was closed the other day when I was trying to get there; and Northside drive) are not really equipped to handle the amount of traffic both IKEA and Atlantic station will generate. I hope that it gets better when the “new” wears off, and everyone has fully decorated their homes with Swedish furniture.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:11:45 +0000

Certainly, I hope you’re right, and I hope I’m wrong
As much as the word out in the press is that Atlantic Station is “not perfect, but better than what we have now,” my hope is there are plenty others like yourself, looking forward to the MARTA shuttle, and will use it enough to keep that route from getting cut in the future.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:10:32 +0000

Despite its location at the edge of Atlantic Station, the only reasonable way to get there is to drive. Then again, the most reasonable way to get to Atlantic Station is to drive. It’s really a shame because Atlantic Station could have been a true urban neighborhood where its residents don’t have to live in service to the car.

Are you referring to the residents of Atlantic Station itself or residents of other parts of Atlanta? As far as I can tell, the only reasonable way to get to IKEA from within Atlantic Station is to walk. That’s what we’ve been doing. Granted, my wife and I have only been residents for four days, but so far, I wouldn’t dream of getting my car out of the deck just to drive it to IKEA, find a parking space, etc. And in the fall, when the retail shops open, we’ll walk to those… When the MARTA shuttle over to Arts Center is active, Heather will take it to work. We’ll walk to Publix, the movies, and our gym because it’s a hell of a lot more convenient than driving.

What makes you say the residents of Atlantic Station still live in service to their cars? The fact that other people have to drive to get there?

I was a little disappointed in the IKEA as well. The Chicago IKEA is a much nicer, better-designed building, with a much more relaxed feel. (Maybe only because it’s not brand new) Our IKEA feels not unlike being trapped in a stampede of angry cattle running loose in a Swedish flea market.