The Stitch Master Plan

JLP+D, is part of an interdisciplinary team providing planning and engineering design services in support of the I-75/I-85 cap and stitch, known as “The Stitch.”

“The Stitch” is a concept to build a new ¾ mile long “lid” above the I-75/85 Downtown Connector, an Interstate that bisects Atlanta’s downtown, as a way to create open space in the heart of the city of Atlanta. Aptly named, this project intends to “stitch” this section of Downtown back together with new streets, buildings, and parks. The Stitch concept proposes reclaiming approximately 14 acres of new urban greenspace atop a new platform structure that would extend from the Civic Center MARTA Rail Station at West Peachtree Street all the way to Piedmont Avenue.

JLP+D’s analysis is focusing on the development feasibility of millions of square feet proximate to The Stitch and opportunities for affordable housing production. JLP+D is also exploring ways in which the development of new downtown public space can generate real financial and economic value in their surrounding communities – value which can be captured and deployed for shared public priorities such as the maintenance of that public space, the provision of attainable housing options, and equitable economic opportunities.