Would the Atlanta Botanical Garden parking deck reduce the amount of public green space in Piedmont Park?
Yes. The parking deck would decrease the amount of green space in Piedmont Park and would make the remaining Park less enjoyable. The Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Piedmont Park Conservancy have claimed that the parking deck would increase green space, but this claim is deceptive and disingenuous. For instance, they improperly counted land within the Botanical Garden that would not be open to the public, inaccurately accounted for paving related to the new roads, did not include continued paving at the Park Drive lot, and failed to consider that 12 acres of mature woodland no longer be open to the public. When these corrections are made, the amount of green space open to the public would clearly decrease if the parking deck were to be built. Also, it should be mentioned that even if it were true that some green space were being added as a result of the parking deck, this addition would be completely overwhelmed by problems caused by the new roads though the Park with the resulting t
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