Post Urbanism & Atlantic Station One main similarity between Post Urbanism and Atlantic Station is the lack of history. In developing Atlantic Station there is the desire to seem as though it has been there for many years and not just the 10 years that it would have been around by time it is complete. It makes a small attempt to design links between buildings that existed when the Atlantic Steel Mill was still around but other than those attempts, that are concentrated within the "Town Center," there are no other references. Along with the lack of history, Atlantic Station's parking deck, that "muddles" New Urbanism, fit's very well into Post Urbanism. This parking deck is the foundation for most of the property. The construction that has been going on, for almost a year now, has only been on this massive parking deck. Atlantic Station sits 30 feet higher than the original landscape; this means that traffic on the highway will see this massive foundation for parking and the ramps to get into the deck, people will have to look up to see the rest of the development. It also creates a massive ramp to enter the property from State Street. This New Urbanist development is sitting right on top of a very Post Urbanist foundation; the parking deck. Because of the disconnection that might occur between Atlantic Station and the surrounding areas due to its limited access, the development as a whole could be seen in the light of a self-referential shopping mall urbanism that has no reference to the rest of the surroundings.

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