Inman Park

This guide to Inman Park in Atlanta centers on the Krog Street tunnel that anchors one end of the neighborhood, cut through the rail yard in nineteen twelve to link this streetcar suburb with Cabbagetown next door. It follows how spray cans found the tunnel in the nineteen sixties and how neighbors eventually struck an unusual bargain letting anyone paint the walls, day or night, with no permits and no fee, turning it into one of the country's most famous legal graffiti sites. Then, in October two thousand fourteen, a private company tried to rent that reputation for a ticketed party using the artists' own murals, over the neighborhood planning board's objection. Look at how many layers of paint sit on those walls now, each one an argument nobody has finished having.