Atlanta Department of City Planning

Love our Places

This is the Landing Page for Love Our Places. Love Our Places is a design assistance program for public space provided for Community Organizations, Neighborhood Groups and various other Atlanta groups. This program is put on by the Atlanta City Studio’s Public Space Studio and based in the City of Atlanta’s Department of City Planning’s Office of Design.

Love Our Places

DESIGNED TOGETHER.

EXPERIENCED TOGETHER.

DESIGNED TOGETHER. EXPERIENCED TOGETHER.

Love Our Places has a legacy of creative placemaking and intervention. Using Tactical Urbanism as a launching point, Love Our Places has grown into a design assistance program that focuses on taking the ideas of our neighbors, citizens and community organizations and turning them into visual constructible concepts with neighborhood identity and culture and the cities design principals in mind. To learn more about the program please download the guidebook or RSVP to one of our design demonstrations and get your questions answered.

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • HOW TO APPLY WEBINAR - JUNE 12, 2026

  • LOP Q/A DEMONSTRATION - JUNE 13, 2026

  • STREETS ALIVE - JUNE 14, 2026

  • LOP Q/A DEMONSTRATION - JULY 11, 2026

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GET TO KNOW YOUR DESIGN TEAM

My favorite public space is…

Lake Merritt in Oakland, California. It’s a beautiful urban space with great architecture, green space and serves as a great cultural gathering space for “The Town.”

ALEXIS CALVIN-EPPS

PROGRAM MANAGER, DESIGNER

My favorite public space is…

Downtown Park in Cary, North Carolina. The park is incredible because the designer intentionally thought about how the design would function during the day and at night.

KARYN REDDICK

PROJECT MANAGER, DESIGNER

My favorite public space is…

The Emerald Necklace in Boston, MA. The Emerald Necklace is a 1,100-acre greenway that connects residents from downtown Boston to the suburb of Brookline, while offering a backyard to city locals.

ASHLEY SHORTER

PROJECT MANAGER, DESIGNER

My favorite public space is…

Westside Reservoir Park in Atlanta. It celebrates the history of a neighborhood that played a vital role in the development of the city. This 100-year-old granite quarry was repurposed into a reservoir with trails, meadows, and lush landscapes for residents and visitors alike.

TIA WILLIAMS

PROJECT MANAGER, DESIGNER

HONORING THE LEGACY

RETIRED LOP PROJECTS

To support public health guidelines for local food and beverage establishments while also creating vibrant streets, the City of Atlanta’s Love Our Places provided parklet structures to 16 businesses. The Love Our Places program provided an opportunity for high-impact areas to have creative bike parking throughout Atlanta.