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Ten Sites for Reflection
Starvine Way (University shuttle road)
Highly controversial
on campus, the decision to build this shuttle road through
the edge of Lullwater's woods reveals the tensions between
the major new growth in buildings, employees, and parking
needs on the central campus and the desire to preserve
woodlands for recreation, air quality, water quality,
teaching purposes, and intrinsic value. The new campus
entrance off Clairmont Road, with its adjoining parking
deck, is designed to avoid additional congestion in the
Clifton Corridor. The slowness of Metro Atlanta to respond
to urban congestion with mass transit alternatives shaped
this decision to shuttle students, hospital visitors,
and campus employees to the main campus from the distant
deck. The road and nearby buildings present water runoff
challenges to the ponds and natural areas of Lullwater.
Starvine Way (named
for a rare flowering plant species that grows in Emory
forests) illustrates the interconnectedness of urban growth.
Decisions to expand in one part of the campus (and the
city) have substantial impacts on adjoining neighborhoods
and watersheds. How do we reconcile our conflicting desires
for academic expansion and quality of life? How do we
restore Atlanta's streams to swimmable and fishable quality,
as mandated by law? How can we restore our air quality
as well? How can we minimize waste? Minimize energy use?
Reduce our dependence on the automobile? Enrich our quality
of life?
To return to Clifton
Road and complete the second loop of this tour, walk across
the bridge (over the railroad tracks) and turn right,
through the parking lot behind Turman Residential Center.
Keep to your right, and Andrews Circle will take you to
Haygood Drive. Go right, and at the traffic light you
will be, once again, on Clifton Road.
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