Where in the world is the King historic site?
“Terrifying.”
That’s the word recent arrival Ivy Mills uses to describe the experience of finding her daily exit off the Downtown Connector.
So just imagine what it’s like for the poor tourist, in search of the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District.
Entrances and exits jammed cheek by jowl. Commuters weaving abruptly from lane to lane. Signs streaming by for a welter of landmarks: the Georgia Dome; the Georgia World Aquarium; the Carter Center; Grady Hospital.
And — wait! what was that that just flashed by? — the sign for the Martin Luther King Historic District, hidden behind an overpass until the rattled driver is almost past it.
“Tourists complain all the time that they can’t find us off I-75/85,” said Judy Forte, the National Park Service superintendent of the site.
Forte has an idea about how to fix the problem, and the state transportation folks are considering it. Find the full story only on MyAjc.com.
About the Author
Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
