Hundreds of Atlantans have voted, the (not) Elite Eight has been halved, and now, Atlanta's Worst Parking Garage Tournament marches on!
In the spirit of March Madness and bracketed competitions, we accepted reader nominations to help determine a field of the most soulless, disengaging, uninspired examples of cars-first urban spaces Atlanta has to offer. The list of options was unfortunately vast.
But from those options, the inglorious Final Four has emerged!
So cast a vote for your (least) favorite parking garage below the photos and descriptions. The top two vote-getters will advance to the Finals next week.
Soon after that, a winner will be crowned/shamed as Atlanta's Worst Parking Garage, once and for all.
Now... jump ball!
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Literally Crumbling
Google Maps; submitted
Location: Peeking over the Connector, near the southbound Courtland Street exit
First-round votes: 38 percent
Commentary: Meet the tourney’s early front-runner. At first blush, this mess of steel pipes, brick, and concrete might appear to be leaning and shedding things, but Google imagery shows it’s been in pretty much the same condition since 2007. Unfortunately, the historic but neglected Medical Arts Building the garage is attached to is becoming just as unsightly.
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Block of Shame
Google Maps
Location: Spring Street, spanning from 4th to 3rd streets
First-round votes: 17 percent
Commentary: For better or worse (okay, worse), Midtown still has a dog in this fight. And what a mangy, lifeless dog it is. We all know the Walk of Fame. Here’s the opposite—the Block of Shame.
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Only Mamma Love Me
Google Maps
Location: Where Marietta Street meets Cone Street downtown
First-round votes: 14 percent
Commentary: Just a two-minute walk from tourist hubs CNN Center and Centennial Olympic Park, this exposed-bones contraption consumes a prime downtown corner. Sigh.
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Double-Decker Debacle (aka Triple D)
Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta
Location: Marietta Street at Ted Turner Drive
First-round votes: 10 percent
Commentary: Not to be confused with Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, the only thing tasty about this two-story Triple D is the cutesy Just Around the Corner café at its base. The WTF cherry on this cake is the odd antennae of angled parking ramps on top.
