The Makeshift City

The city of
Atlanta is currently in the midst of a seismic shift of
population growth, real estate development and
economic disparity that follows decades of systemic
racism and Jim Crow policies that have plagued the
American South since the Civil War. Atlanta is a city
that has been built and destroyed several times over,
leaving behind comparatively few traces of its own
past despite its status as the cradle of the Civil Rights
Movement and a progressive bubble amidst a rural
and mostly conservative part of the country. As the
city continues to struggle against the backdrop of
history, it seeks to rebrand itself as a global mecca for
new wealth, Hollywood production and opportunity.