Inman Park is located on the east side of Atlanta and is Atlanta’s first planned suburb. The carefully constructed nature of the city is shown through the meticulous and planned tone and style of the neighborhood. You see both the rustic and gritty style of Inman Park juxtaposing the urban and suburban feel of the city and while both tones are drastically different from each other, they come together to give off a very modern yet inviting style. The city also composes of art, deliberate grit, and oddly the usage of nature. Everywhere you look you’ll see trees and foliage contouring the landscape and outlining all the contrasting elements of the city. Inman Park also has pieces of architecture that are very aged and have a more dated look to them and considering the city was planned and built in the late 1880’s, these older buildings still hold a harmonious theme to the city. The city was deliberately planned around open spaces and even to this day the city is very open and easily maneuverable. You can access all parks and buildings with the ease of turning a street corner or just going down a simple flight of stairs. And while maneuvering the open streets you can observe the muted colors and red bricks of the city be juxtaposed with the bright and bold colors of graffiti sprawled all over the buildings sometimes to convey art or sometimes just to put a company name out there. This universal use of graffiti for both commercial and artistic use shows the lucid and bold tone of the city. The signage of the city is almost limited to the use of building art and graffiti which shows a new style of conveying the usage of the space by utilizing the said space. The bright uses of color and the familiar usage of red clay brick makes you feel comfortable and intrigued in this perplexing city that seems to make you at home while still leaving you with the feeling of adventure and exploration.
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