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Atlanta Streets Alive made its debut on the Westside this afternoon, and our contributing photographer Asep Mawardi was on the scene. A 4-mile stretch of Howell Mill Road and Marietta Streets was closed to vehicles and opened to cyclists, walkers and skaters.

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.