The Campaign to Save the Olmsted Linear Park in Atlanta

The Preservation of an Olmsted Park in the Druid Hills suburb in Atlanta. More

Shadyside is one of six connected Olmsted parks in the suburb of Druid Hills in Atlanta. In the 1980s, the Georgia Department of Transportation began work on a four-lane highway that would cut directly through the park. The residents of Druid Hills began a campaign to stop the road. It would take ten years, sixty arrests, dozens of court hearings, and millions of dollars to end the fight.

AIR DATE 6/19/14