How do you transform an unsightly security fence into art? Yarn Bomb!

Much of PATH400 is built either on public right-of-way or immediately adjacent to sensitive transportation infrastructure such as MARTA rail lines. In order to help protect both trail users and these structures, security fencing is a necessary, but unfortunately unsightly, requirement.

In order to solve this dilemma, Livable Buckhead has teamed up with The Bakery, a collective of artists and curators dedicated to offering alternative models to local creatives and the general public, to camouflage an unattractive security feature and transform it into public art.

Led by Willow Goldstein from The Bakery, Livable Buckhead has hosted numerous public and corporate volunteer events which is transforming the section of PATH400 just north of Miami Circle into a living public art exhibition.

What happens when you combine the warm and fuzzy art of knitting and crochet with the gritty urban landscape? A phenomenon known as yarn bombing!

Usually when one thinks of knitting, wool sweaters or scarves come to mind. But a new form of the craft is cropping up all over the world, yarn bombing. Commonly referred to as guerrilla knitting, this art movement involves using colorful yarn to adorn different objects and structures in an impromptu way.

In its most simple form, yarn bombing is temporarily covering an object with knitted, crocheted, woven, stitched or wrapped yarn. It started as a fun way to bring fiber-y smiles to a community. Some say it started with a local shop stitching a cover for its door handle, then the practice took on a life of its own. Everything from sign posts to trains can (and have) been yarn bombed.

PATH400 is a 5.2-mile walkable, bikeable greenway being constructed on public land adjacent to GA 400 extending from the bank of Peachtree Creek northward toward the northern edge of Atlanta. It is the centerpiece of a broader greenspace plan, the Buckhead Collection, initiated by Atlanta Councilman Howard Shook. Livable Buckhead is spearheading the PATH400 project in partnership with the Buckhead Community Improvement District (Buckhead CID) and the PATH Foundation. Several other agencies and organizations are involved in the development of PATH400, including Georgia Department of Transportation, the City of Atlanta, MARTA, Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit B, and Atlanta Public Schools. PATH400 will increase access to community amenities such as arts, historic, and cultural exhibits; neighborhood pocket parks and greenspaces; retail centers; and learning centers.