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Today's top Atlanta news stories from Inside The Perimeter neighborhoods. Updated daily with local development, transit, food, and community coverage.

Updated Thu, July 9, 2026
Crowds gather on Decatur Square for World Cup WatchFest
Decatur Decaturish

Decatur WatchFest Hits 140,000 Visitors With 10 Days of World Cup Left

The free viewing party on Decatur Square has become one of metro Atlanta's biggest World Cup gathering spots, with quarterfinals, the final, and seven concerts still to come.

Downtown WABE

Messi Grabs Golden Boot Lead With His Eighth Goal in Atlanta

Lionel Messi scored again at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, pushing to the front of the World Cup's top-scorer race as the tournament rolls through its Atlanta matches.

Rendering of the Gemini duplex project on a former church corner in Reynoldstown
Reynoldstown Urbanize Atlanta

Reynoldstown's Old Church Corner Becomes 'Gemini' Duplex Project

Two duplexes are rising at Gibson and Cummings streets, a block off the BeltLine's Southeast Trail, the latest intown infill to replace a former church.

Artist rendering of The Row 900 homes on Hank Aaron Drive in Peoplestown, Atlanta
Peoplestown Urbanize Atlanta

16-Home Development The Row 900 Breaks Ground in Peoplestown

A new 16-home infill project called The Row 900 is going up on the 900 block of Hank Aaron Drive in Peoplestown, right on the path of MARTA's new Rapid A-Line. Homes range from 1,500 to 2,000 square feet with prices starting around $600K.

A regimental flag featured in the Atlanta History Center's More Perfect Union exhibit
Buckhead Atlanta Magazine

Atlanta History Center Opens Its Most Ambitious Exhibit for Its 100th Birthday

'More Perfect Union: The American Civil War Era' fills roughly 9,000 square feet with hundreds of artifacts, marking a century since the center's founding.

Bellwood Coffee cafe in Grant Park where a Jovita Moore mural was painted over
Grant Park Capital B Atlanta

Bellwood Coffee Says a New Jovita Moore Mural Is Finally in the Works

After backlash for painting over a tribute to the late WSB-TV anchor at its Grant Park cafe, the coffee company says a replacement mural is now being designed.

Customers browse the new Barnes & Noble at the Edgewood Retail Center in East Atlanta
Edgewood The Atlanta Voice

Barnes & Noble Returns to East Atlanta Four Years After Leaving

The bookseller reopened at the Edgewood Retail Center, drawing long morning lines from customers who never wanted it to go in the first place.

A Purposers OOH e-trike carrying a digital advertising screen on an Atlanta street
Midtown Hypepotamus

An Atlanta Startup Is Turning E-Trikes Into Rolling Digital Billboards

Purposers OOH is deploying battery-powered three-wheelers with digital ad screens along the BeltLine, Midtown, and the stadium district to catch this summer's crowds.

LowCountry Steak on West Peachtree Street in Midtown, now permanently closed
Midtown What Now Atlanta

G. Garvin's Midtown Steakhouse LowCountry Closes Without Warning

The upscale Southern steakhouse on West Peachtree, co-founded by the celebrity chef, shut down after its final dinner service with no reason given.

A runner dressed as a hot dog during the Peachtree Road Race
Buckhead Rough Draft Atlanta

A Runner Dressed as a Hot Dog Became a Peachtree Road Race Legend

Mico Quijano ran the world's largest 10K in a hot dog costume, handing out foil-wrapped Costco dogs along the route, and now wants to make it a tradition.

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Today’s watchlist

  1. 1
    Decatur WatchFest Hits 140,000 Visitors With 10 Days of World Cup Left Decatur
  2. 2
    Messi Grabs Golden Boot Lead With His Eighth Goal in Atlanta Downtown
  3. 3
    Reynoldstown's Old Church Corner Becomes 'Gemini' Duplex Project Reynoldstown
  4. 4
    16-Home Development The Row 900 Breaks Ground in Peoplestown Peoplestown
  5. 5
    Atlanta History Center Opens Its Most Ambitious Exhibit for Its 100th Birthday Buckhead

Spotlight

Guide FIFA World Cup Atlanta 2026 Match schedule, MARTA plans, watch parties, neighborhood impact Peoplestown The Row 900 Breaks Ground 16-home development on Hank Aaron Drive

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