As I was jogging along the Freedom Parkway trail Friday afternoon, I felt a sense of déjà vu.

From the path, I peered into the back patio at Across the Street in the Old Fourth Ward. I saw a make-shift skate park, and benches arranged in a shady semi-circle.

I caught a glimpse of a beautiful three-story house I can’t see from Highland Avenue, where I had entered the trail.

I spied an enticing rooftop deck that I think may belong to Park’s Edge restaurant in Inman Park. Leaning over a bridge that straddles a tiny creek, I watched golfers tee at the Candler Park golf course.

In short, I saw things I cannot normally see from the road, and I traveled seamlessly from one neighborhood to another.

And I thought: this is what the Beltline will be like.

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