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Names:

• Terminus, 1836-1843 (end of the railroad line)
• Marthasville, 1843-1845 (in honor of the then mayor, and also the ex-governor, daughter)
• Atlanta, 1845-present

Nicknames:

• The A-T-L
• The Horizon City
• The Capital of the South
• The Phoenix City
• The City Too Busy to Hate
• Hotlanta
• A-Town
• The Big A
• The New York of the South
• The Big Peach

Political Status:

• Seat of Fulton County
  
• Capital of Georgia
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• Current Mayor: Shirley Franklin
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• The city is typically Liberal or Democratic by USA standards.

Other Vital Stats:

• Largest city in Georgia
• Total Area: 133.1 sq. mi.
• Land Area: 132.4 sq. mi.
• Water Area: 0.7 sq. mi.
• City Limits:
  
• City Population: (2005 ARC Estimate) 442,100
• City Population: (2000 Census) 416,474
• Metro Population: (2004 Census Estimate) 5,034,362
• Metro Population: (2000 Census) 4,247,981
• Density (City): 3,321/sq. mi. NOTE: This is using the ARC's 2005's estimates for the City of Atlanta
• Time Zone: Eastern, UTC-5
• Latitude: 33°65' N
• Longitude: 84°42' W
• Elevation: 1,000 feet above sea level (mean elevation)

Diversity:

• 61.39 % African American
• 33.22% White
• 4.49% Hispanic/Latino
• 1.39% Asian
• 0.18% Native American
• 0.04% Pacific Islander
• 1.99% Other Races
• 1.24% Two or more races

Median Income:

• For a Family: $55,939
• For a Household: $51,482
• For Males: $36,162
• For Females: $30,178
• Per Capita for the City: $29,772
• 24.4% are below the poverty line
• 21.3% of families are below the poverty line

Housing:

• City Total: 168,147 Households
• Percent of non-family households: 50.5%
• Percent Married Couples Living Together: 24.5%
• Households w/ a female, but no husband present: 20.7
• Percent of Households made up of just one individual: 38.5%
• Percent of Households with children under 18: 22.4%
• Percent of Households owned by an individual who is over 65: 8.3%
• Average Household Size: 2.3 people
• Average Family Size: 3.16 people

Military Installations In or Near the City:

• Ft. McPherson, Atlanta
• Ft. Gillem, Forest Park, Clayton County
• Naval Air Station, Atlanta, Atlanta
• Dobbins Air Reserve Base

Atlanta Neighborhoods

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Legend to the Map (PDF)

Several (But Not All) Suburbs of Greater Atlanta:

Alpharetta
Austell
Avondale Estates
Buford
Canton
Carrollton
Cartersville
Chamblee
College Park
Conyers
Covington
Cumberland-Galleria
Decatur
Doraville
Douglasville
Druid Hills
Duluth
Dunwoody
East Point
Fairburn
Hapeville
Jonesboro
Kennesaw
Lawrenceville
Lilburn
Marietta
McDonough
Morrow
Newnan
North Atlanta
Peachtree City
Roswell
Sandy Springs
Smyrna
Snellville
Stockbridge
Stone Mountain
Tucker
Woodstock

Interstates in Atlanta:

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City Symbols:

• Usually the Phoenix bird
• City Seal:
  
• City Flag:
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  Atlanta's Mayors throughout History:
  
  [Name, Terms, Party (if known)]
  • Moses Formwalt 1848 - 1849 Rowdy
  • Benjamin Bomar 1849 - 1850 Rowdy
  • Willis Buell 1850 - 1851 Rowdy
  • Jonathan Norcross 1851 - 1852 Moral
  • Thomas Gibbs 1852 - 1853
  • John Mims 1853 - 1853
  • William Markham 1853 - 1854 (special election)
  • William Butt 1854 - 1855
  • Allison Nelson 1855 - 1855 Democrat
  • John Glen 1855 - 1856 (acting)
  • William Ezzard 1856 - 1858 (first & second terms) Democrat
  • Luther Glenn 1858 - 1860 (first & second terms)
  • William Ezzard 1860 - 1861 (third term) Democrat
  • Jared Whitaker 1861 - 1861
  • Thomas Lowe 1861 - 1862 (acting)
  • James Calhoun 1862 - 1866 (four terms)
  • James E. Williams 1866 - 1869 (first & second terms) Democrat
  • William Hulsey 1869 - 1870 Democrat
  • William Ezzard 1870 - 1871 (fourth term) Democrat
  • Dennis Hammond 1871 - 1872 Radical
  • John H. James 1872 - 1873 Democrat
  • Cicero C. Hammock 1873 - 1874 (first term)
  • S.B. Spencer 1874 - 1875 Democrat
  • Cicero C. Hammock 1875 - 1877 (second term)
  • Nedom L. Angier 1877 - 1879 Republican
  • William Lowndes Calhoun 1879 - 1881
  • James W. English 1881 - 1883
  • John B. Goodwin 1883 - 1885 (first term)
  • George Hillyer 1885 - 1887
  • John Tyler Cooper 1887 - 1889
  • John Thomas Glenn 1889 - 1891
  • William Hemphill 1891 - 1893
  • John B. Goodwin 1893 - 1895 (second term)
  • Porter King 1895 - 1897
  • Charles Collier 1897 - 1899
  • James Woodward 1899 - 1901 (first term)
  • Livingston Mims 1901 - 1903 Democrat
  • Evan Howell 1903 - 1905
  • James Woodward 1905 - 1907 (second term)
  • W.R. Joyner 1907 - 1909
  • Robert Maddox 1909 - 1911
  • Courtland Winn 1911 - 1913
  • James Woodward 1913 - 1915 (third term)
  • Asa Candler 1917 - 1919
  • James L. Key 1919 - 1923 (first & second terms)
  • Walter Sims 1923 - 1927 (first & second terms) Democrat
  • Isaac Newton Ragsdale 1927 - 1931
  • James L. Key 1931 - 1937 (third & fourth term)
  • William B. Hartsfield 1937 - 1941 (first term)
  • Roy LeCraw 1941 - 1942
  • George B. Lyle 1942 - 1942 (acting)
  • William B. Hartsfield 1942 - 1962 (second through sixth terms)
  • Ivan Allen, Jr. 1962 - 1970 (first & second terms) Democrat
  • Sam Massell 1970 - 1974 Democrat
  • Maynard Jackson 1974 - 1982 (first & second terms) Democrat
  • Andrew Young 1982 - 1990 Democrat
  • Maynard Jackson 1990 - 1994 (third term) Democrat
  • Bill Campbell 1994 - 2002 (first & second terms) Democrat
  • Shirley Franklin 2002 - 2010 Democrat
  List of Famous Atlantans (From Wikipedia)
  
  Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  
  Centers for Disease Control Website
  
  Atlanta Police Department Website
  
  Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
  
  Major Airports Nearby:
  • Hartsfield-Jackson-Atlanta International Airport
  • Fulton Co. Airport (Brown Field)
  • DeKalb Co.-Peachtree Airport
  Convention Centers:
  • Georgia World Congress Center
  • Atlanta Marriott Marquis
  Ten Tallest Buildings:
  
  (Rank. Building Name, Height, Year Completed)
  1. Bank of America Plaza, 1,023 ft, 1992
  2. SunTrust Plaza, 871 ft, 1992
  3. One Atlantic Center, 820 ft, 1987
  4. 191 Peachtree Tower, 770 ft, 1987
  5. Westin Peachtree Plaza, 723 ft, 1976
  6. Georgia Pacific Tower, 697 ft, 1981
  7. Promenade II, 691 ft, 1989
  8. BellSouth Building, 677 ft, 1980
  9. 1180 Peachtree, 198 m, 2006
  10. GLG Grand/ Four seasons Hotel, 609 ft, 1992
  
  Notable Cemeteries in Atlanta:
• Oakland Cemetery
• Westview Cemetery
• Greenwood Cemetery

Sister Cities:

1. Salzburg, Austria - 1967
2. Montego Bay, Jamaica - 1972
3. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1972
4. Lagos, Nigeria - 1974
5. Taipei, Taiwan - 1974
6. Toulouse, France - 1974
7. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England - 1977
8. Daegu, Korea - 1981
9. Brussels, Belgium - 1983
10.Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago - 1987
11. Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia - 1988
12. Bucharest, Romania - 1994
13. Ancient Olympia, Greece - 1994
14. Cotonou, Benin - 1995
15. Salcedo, Dominican Republic - 1996
16. Nuremberg, Germany - 1998
17. Ra'annana, Israel - 2000
18. Fukuoka, Japan - 2005

TV Shows Filmed/Based in Atlanta:

• Designing Women
• Lobo
• Matlock
• Profiler
• Futurama (an episode where the crew explores the "Lost City of Atlanta" in an Atlantis parody)

Movies Filmed/Based in Atlanta:

--Those filmed all or partially in metro Atlanta are included.
• Beauty Shop
• Drivng Miss Daisy
• Drumline
• Gone With the Wind
• Love Crimes
• The Slugger's Wife
• Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman
• Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion
• Shark's Machine
• Manhunter
• Texarkana
• The Red Hat Club
• The ATL

Books Set in Atlanta

• The Answer Man by Roy Johansen
• Down on Ponce by Fred Willard
• Every Crooked Nanny by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
• Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Gumshoe Gorilla by Keith Hartman
• Hand-me-down Heartache by Tajuana Butler
• The Kidnapping of Aaron Greene by Terry Kay
• A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
• Money for good by Franklin White
• Neuromancer by William Gibson
• On Ice by David Ramus
• Peachtree Road and Downtown by Anne Rivers Siddons
• Replay by Ken Grimwood
• Stay: a novel by Nicola Griffith
• Sacrificial ground by Thomas H. Cook
• Step-Ball-Change by Jeanne Ray
• The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall

The Atlanta Topics Directory

Useful Atlanta Websites:

• www.atlantaga.gov (City website)
• Atlanta on Worldweb.com
• www.atlanta.net (a good travel guide set up by the Brand Atlanta Campaign)
• Atlantadowntown.com
• Altanta-midtown.com
• Midtownalliance.org
• Buckhead.org
• ATLopen.com (The Brand Atlanta Website)
• Access Atlanta (a special guide to the city run by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Atlantic Station
• Atlanta Development Authority
• Atlanta Beltline
• www.peachdrop.com (the New Year's Celebration)
• http://www.artsinatlanta.org
• www.helloatlanta.com/ (Useful Atlanta travel guide)
• www.atlantaclicks.com (Atlanta Search Engine)
• www.atlantasmartcity.com (Guide run by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
• Atlanta Preservation Center NEW!!!!

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Sources:

• For the most part, Wikipedia’s Atlanta Article
• Population estimates and Top 10 Tallest Buildings from the Atlanta section of Emporis.com
• Neighborhood Map and Legend from the Atlanta Development Authority maps page
• List of Atlanta's Mayors

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• The original area that is now Atlanta was Creek and Cherokee Indian territory. White settlement here began after the Creeks and Cherokees were sent off to Oklahoma via "The Trail of Tears". The city was first planned as a terminus for the Western Railroad in 1836. I was meant as the terminus for all lines coming in from Birmingham, Macon, Athens, and Chattanooga. This terminus was originally picked to be Decatur, but citizens in the area wanted it elsewhere, so another spot was picked (where the city is now).
• As Terminus' population grew, locals suggested that the city should have a new name. They first wanted to name it after a former governor-then mayor of the city, Wilson Lumpkin. He declined the honor saying that he already had a city and county named after him, but he suggested that the city be named for his daughter, Martha. So, in 1843, Terminus was renamed Marthasville.
• The exact origins of the name Atlanta are unknown, but it is known the Chief Engineer of the Georgia Railroad, John E. Thomson, was most likely the one who suggested it. The most popular idea as to how the city got its name is that the word "Atlanta" is a feminization of the word "Atlantic" from the "Western and Atlantic Railroad" In any case, Marthasville became known as Atlanta in 1845, and the city was incorporated under that name in 1847.
• Atlanta became famous during the Civil War as a railroad hub for the Confederacy and the starting place of General William Tecumseh Sherman's infamous "March to the Sea" that ended in Savannah in 1864. Later on in the city's history, this very event would be immortalized in Margaret Mitchell's famous novel, Gone With the Wind. After a four month siege on the city by Sherman, Confederate General John Bell Hood ordered his troops to evacuate, which allowed Sherman to enter the city. The city was surrendered to Sherman's forces by then mayor James Calhoun on September 2, 1864. Then, on, September 7, 1864, Sherman ordered the citizens of the city to evacuate before he burned the city. On November 11, 1864, Sherman finally burned the city a started his march for Savannah.
• Atlanta was gradually rebuilt itself after the war. It was during this time that it became the South's industrial and commercial center. The headquarters of the troops and services involved with Reconstruction were in McPherson Barracks, later to be known as Ft. McPherson. Atlanta became the fifth and final (so far) city to serve as Georgia's capital.
• In the early 1900's, Atlanta was a bustling city filled with automobiles and streetcars going up and down its streets. The city's first major race riot against White prejudice occurred in 1906. That was not the end of the tensions, though. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Jewish man who supervised a factory was tried for raping and murduring a thirteen year old White girl who worked there. After his guilt in the crime was doubted, he had his death sentence commuted, but riots broke out, and a mob lynched Frank in 1915.
• During the Great Depression, the city came so close to being bankrupt that the Coca-Cola Company had to bail them up, much as J.P. Morgan once did for the Federal Government in the late 1800's. Franklin D. Roosevelt's first public housing project in the nation was started in the city with the Techwood Homes projects in 1935. WWII brought even more prosperity to Atlanta with the Bell Aircraft Factory being built in Marietta and Ft. McPherson serving as a training and discharging center for troops all over the Southeastern U.S.A. Shortly after the war, the Communicable Diseases Center was founded in 1946. Later, the center would come to be known as "The Centers for Disease Control". This center was established in the old Malaria Control in War Areas building.
• Atlanta was a center for the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and some students from some of Atlanta's historically Black colleges as major organizers of the movement held several protests here.. They, for example, held a famous sit-in at one a department store's lunch counter. This incident led to their arrests on October 19, 1960. This arrest helped draw national attention to the Civil Rights Movement. Atlanta's acceptance of the Civil Rights Movement was a lot more successful and peaceful than that of other big cities in the South, like Birmingham. It was this that helped Atlanta earn the title "The City Too Busy to Hate".
• In 1990, Atlanta was informed by the IOC that it had the honor of hosting the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games. After this announcement, the city began work on several projects, including the Olympic Stadium that would later become Turner Field. The games were overall a success, only marred by one event, the Centennial Olympic Park Bombing, which led to the death of two people and injured several.
• As Atlanta entered the new Millenium, it looks forward to a future of great ness, with a wonderful mayor, a reviving downtown, skyscraper and building boom, and so on with its usual hardworking, go-getter spirit.

List of Historical Sites in Atlanta (National Park Service)

The Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea An interactive graphic by Coxnewsweb.com

Source:

• For the most part, Wikipedia's Atlanta Article

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MARTA
MARTA Rail Map
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• Amtrak Crescent
• A1 Atlanta Limos
• Phoenix Star GA Taxi and Limon Service
• Greyhound Buses

Sources:

• Atlanta on Worldweb.com
• www.itsmarta.com

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Newspapers:

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution-The main newspaper
• The Atlanta Daily World-race and ethnic news
• Creative Loafing Atlanta-City Guide & Lifestyles
• The Emory Wheel-the Emory University paper
• Technique-GA Tech's Newspaper
• The Atlanta Tribune-Business news
• Atlanta Business Chronicle-Business news
• Atlanta Magazine-City guide
• Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles-Lifestyles
• Southern Voice-Gay and lesbian News
• Vida Latina-Latino and Hispanic News (page is in Spanish)
• Atlanta Sports and Fitness-Sports news, etc.

Major Network Affiliates:

• ABC Channel 2 Action News-Channel 2 WSB-TV
• FOX 5-Channel 5 WAGA-TV
• PBS Affiliate 1-Channel 8 WGTV-TV
• NBC 11 Alive-Channel 11 WXIA-TV
• PBS Affiliate 2-Channel 30 WPBA-TV
• WB 36-Channel 36 WATL-TV
• CBS 46-Channel 46 WGCL-TV
• UPN 69-Channel 69-WUPA-TV

Radio Stations:

FM Stations:

• 88.1 - WJSP - Non Commercial - Warm Springs-Georgia Peach State Public Radio. Poor signal in the Atlanta area
• 89.3 - WRFG - Diversified - Atlanta-Pacifica Radio affiliate. Rock, blues, Afropop, bluegrass, folk, and acoustic. Station barely reaches the I-285 perimeter. Distorted audio.
• 90.1 - "Ninety Point One" - NPR, PRI, Classical Music - Atlanta
• 91.5 - WWEV - Religious - Cumming
• 91.9 - WCLK - Jazz and Soul Music - Atlanta-Clark Atlanta University.
• 92.1 - WJGA - Adult Contemporary Music - Jackson-Signal is simulcast on AM 1410. Poor Atlanta signal.
• 92.3 - WMOQ - Country Gold Music
• 92.9 - WZGC - Dave-FM - Atlanta-Classic & Independent Rock
• 93.3 - WVFJ - Religious - Manchester-Poor Atlanta signal.
• 94.1 - WSTR - Top 40 Rock Music - Smyrna
• 94.9 - WUBL - Country Music - Atlanta NEW!!!!
• 95.5 - WBTS - Top 40 Music - Athens-Top 40 with an urban flair. This out-of-market signal will come in from the NE, and have its strongest signal in that part of the metro.
• 96.1 - WKLS - Album Rock Music - Atlanta
• 96.7 - WBZY - Alternative Rock Music - Peachtree City-Poor Atlanta signal
• 97.1 - WSRV - Classic Rock - Gainesville
• 97.5 - WEGF - Religious - Fayetteville
• 98.5 - WSB - Lite Rock Music - Atlanta
• 99.7 - WNNX - New Rock Music - Atlanta
• 100.1 - WNSY - '50s and '60s Oldies Rock Music - Canton
• 100.5 - WWWQ - Top 40 Music
• 100.7 - WGHR - Diversified - Marietta-Southern Polytechnic State University. Apparently now off the air
• 101.5 - WKHX - Country Music - Marietta
• 101.9 - WAZX - Spanish - Cleveland-Poor Atlanta signal.
• 102.3 - WLKQ - Hispanic Music - Buford-Poor "rimshot" signal in Atlanta.
• 102.5 - WAMJ - R&B Oldies Music-Very limited coverage with only 16 watts.
• 102.7 - WCKS - Adult Contemporary Rock Music - Atlanta
• 102.9 - WMJE - Top 40 Music - Gainesville
• 103.3 - WVEE - Urban Top 40 Music - Atlanta
• 103.7 - WPUP - Rock Music - Royston-Poor Atlanta signal.
• 104.1 - WALR - Adult R&B Music - LaGrange
• 104.7 - WFSH - Religious Rock and Roll - Athens
• 105.3 - WWVA - Hispanic Top 40 Music - Bowden, GA
• 105.5 - WYAI - Country Music - Carrolton
• 105.7 - WMXV - Oldies Rock Music - Canton
• 106.1 - WSTE - Country Music - Toccoa
• 106.7 - WYAY - Country Music - Gainesville
• 107.1 - WTSH - Country Music - Rockmart-Poor Atlanta signal.
• 107.5 - WHTA - Smooth Jazz Music - Alpharetta
• 107.9 - WEGF - Hip-Hop/Rap Music

AM Stations:

• WOTA-540 AM - Alternative Music from Georgia Perimeter College
• WDUN-550 AM - News and Talk
• WDWD-590 AM - Radio Disney
• WPLO-610 AM - Spanish
• WGST-640 AM - News and Talk
• WQXI-790 AM - The Zone Sports Talk Radio
• WAFS-920 AM - Christian
• WNIV-970 AM - Christian Talk
• WGUN-1010 AM - Variety
• WPBS-1050 AM - Gospel
• WFTD-1080 AM - Christian
• WTJH-1260 AM - Gospel
• WPBC-1310 AM - Korean
• WALR-1340 AM - Contemporary Gospel
• WAOK-1380 AM - Gospel and Talk
• WKKP-1410 AM - Contemporary Oldies
• WXEM-1460 AM - Spanish
• WYZE-1480 AM - Gospel
• WDPC-1500 AM - Gospel
• WDCY-1520 AM - Gospel
• WAZX-1550 AM - Hispanic
• WSSA-1570 AM - Christian
• WAOS-1600 AM - Spanish

Sources:

• Newspapers and TV stations are from www.mondotimes.com
• FM Radio Stations are from http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/radio/fm.html
• AM Stations are from http://www.bestinatlanta.com/best.html#radio

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• Emory University
• Georgia Tech
• Georgia State University
• Mercer University
• Oglethorpe University
• Agnes Scott College (Women Only)
• The Portfolio Center
• Reformed Theological Seminary
• Southern Polytechnic State University
• Kennesaw State University
• Georgia Perimeter College
• Atlanta University Center comprises the six (AUC)-designated historically black institutions
  
• In the center are:
• Clark Atlanta University (AUC)
• Morehouse College (AUC)
• Spelman College (AUC)
• Interdenominational Theological Center
• Morris Brown College
• Morehouse School of Medicine

Source:

• Wikipedia's Atlanta page

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Festivals & Events:

• Music Midtown(May/June)
• Vibe Musicfest (Same as Music Midtown)
• The Dogwood Festival (Spring) Piedmont Park
• The Peach Bowl (Around New Year's Eve) The Georgia Dome
• Sweet Auburn Springfest
• Inman Park Spring Festival and Tour of Homes (Last full weekend in April)
• SEC Championship
• Atlanta jazz Festival (the largest free jazz festival in the world)(May)
• Atlanta Gay Pride Parade
• GA Renaissance Festival
• The St. Patrick's Day Parade
• Fourth of July Parade

Attractions

• Martin Luther King Memorial Grant Park Area
• World of Coca Cola
• The Georgia Aquarium Centennial Olympic Park
• Underground Atlanta
• CNN Studio Tour
• Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
• The Carter Center technically part of the Carter Presidential Library NEW!!!!
• Zoo Atlanta
• The Cyclorama Grant Park Area *Not official site
• Stone Mountain Park (Just outside of the city limits)
• Atlanta Botanical Gardens
• The Wren's Nest
• Georgia State Capitol

Theater & Opera:

• Atlanta Shakespeare Company
• The Atlanta Opera
• The Alliance Theater
• Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
• Center for Puppetry Arts

Museums:

• Atlanta History Center
• High Museum of Art
• The Fernbank Museum of Natural History
• Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
• APEX (African American Panoramic Experience)
• Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum and Hall of Fame at Turner Field
• Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University
• The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum

Parks Worth Visiting:

• Piedmont Park
• Centennial Olympic Park
• Grant Park
• Woodruff Park

Arenas, Ampitheaters, and Theaters:

• Turner Field (see the Braves Website)
• Phillips Arena
• Georgia Dome
• Hifi Buys Ampitheater
• The Alliance Theater
• The Fabulous Fox Theater
• Chastain Park Amphiteater

Other:

• Atlanta Segway Tours

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Sources:

• Wikipedia's Atlanta page

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*There are so many hotels in the city, so I only listed some of the more famous and higher quality ones. For more, please visit a hotel site or that Atlanta on worldweb.com link in my "Sources" section for this category*

Hotels:

• Westin Peachtree Plaza
• Marriott Marquis
• Crowne Plaza Atlanta Airport
• Holiday Inn Select Atlanta
• Holiday Inn Atlanta Airport North
• Crowne Plaza Atlantan Perimeter Northwest
• Crowne Plaza Atlanta Ravinia (Perimeter Center)
• Holiday Inn Atlanta Central
• Holiday Inn Atlanta Downtown
• Holiday Inn Atlanta Midtown
• Holiday Inn Express North Avenue
• Ritz Carlton Downton
• Ritz Carlton Buckhead

Bed and Breakfasts & Inns:

• The Ansley Inn
• Laurel Hill Bed and Breakfast
• The 1890's King-Keith House

Extended Stays:

• AmeriSuites Buckhead
• The Highland Inn
• Residence Inn By Marriott Atlanta Buckhead
• Extended Stay America Atlanta-Clairmont
• Best Western Granda Suite Hotel-Downtown

NOTE: These are hotels within the city limits only. Ones outside the city are provided at the worldweb.com link below.

Sources:

• http://atlanta.worldweb.com/--Visit this site for more hotels and B&B's.

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• Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell was run over by a taxi at the age of 48. She died five days later of the injuries she sustained on that day, August 16, 1949.
• Candler Field (the ancestor of Hartsfield-Jackson Int'l Airport) was built on the site of an old racetrack.
• Some of Atlanta's inner suburbs are older than the city itself. These suburbs include: Decatur, Marietta, and Lawrenceville.
• Atlanta has the 3rd largest gay and lesbian population in the nation (behind San Francisco and New York City).
• Atlanta's Gay Pride Parade is the 8th largest in the nation and the largest in the Southeast.
• The Varsity, a popular burger joint in Downtown Atlanta, is billed as the world's first and largest drive-in restaurant.
• Atlanta is home (currently) to the tallest building in the Southeast, the Bank of America Plaza Building.
• The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel was the tallest hotel in the world upon completion. It is still the second tallest in the US today (behind the Renaissance Center in Detroit).
• Upon a plea from Father Thomas O'Reilly of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Sherman ordered all of the city's churches and hospitals spared from the flames.
• After the Civil War, the city had a meager $1.84 left in its treasury.
• If adjusted for inflation, the movie "Gone With the Wind" would still be the #1 movie of all time at the box office. It is the longest movie to ever be successful, too.
• Atlanta was the first and only city to ever win the Olympics on its first bid for them.
• The "Battle of Atlanta" painting in The Cyclorama is the largest oil painting on Earth. It is 50 feet high, 400 feet long, and weighs over 9,000 pounds.
• The Marriott Marquis is the largest (not the tallest, though) convention hotel in the Southeast.
• The Georgia Dome is the largest cable suspended dome in the world; it's even bigger than New Orlean's SuperDome in terms of area.
• In 1930, Atlanta native Bobby Jones became the only man in history to win the "Grand Slam" of golf (in one year, of course): The United States Open, the United States Amateur, the British Open, and the British Amateur.
• The Winecoff Hotel fire, which took place on December 7, 1946, bears the dubious distinction even today of being the nation's deadliest hotel fire.
• The movie premiere of Gone With the Wind still holds the record for the most wattage ever used for the lights in a film premiere.
• According to ESPN.com's World Series 100th Anniversary website, the 1991 World Series between the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves as the greatest World Series ever played. The 1995 World Series that they won is ranked 15th on the list.

^ So, what do you guys think?

Did I miss anything good? Did I post the wrong info on something?

Any thoughts?

Special thanks to this forum's mod, Spartan for pinning this thread

Great Job ironchapman,,,, You did that post perfect bravo./..

The only thing I noticed is that you have 1180 peachtree as being built in 1980, instead of 2005 or 2006 when it will be finished.

^ Sorry, fixed it...must have had a freudian slip or something.

I might try doing this in other forums sometimes if the people here like this profile.

Great list of Atlanta superlatives. I'll be in Atlanta for Gay Pride this weekend.

You did an awesome job on that. (add Channel 36 the WB affiliate)

^ Thanks (IMG:http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) . I added it.

With the Moderators' permission, I'd like to try doing Chicago next. I heard they haven't started one for it yet.

I'm impressed....

Go for it. Finish up this one first though (IMG:http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/thumbsup.gif)

Anyone out there know any good trivia for the trivia section?

I'm trying to think of some more good ones.

PM me or post here with the fact.

I recall seeing the Georgia Dome and the Atlanta Skyline on the commercial for that new movie rebound. The one that stars Martin Lawrence. You should add that to the movies section. And also add "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" by Tyler Perry. And I think that list of hotels, could have been done a tad better. I would have added more of Atlanta's "better hotels". Other than that, you di d a great job.

I like your profile, I might use it as a resource sometimes. I have something to add to the trivia section.

Paramount at Buckhead is the world's largest structure built with tunnelfroms

Marriott MArquis is the Largest ( not tallest ) convention hotel in the southeast

The Georgia Dome is the largest cable suspended dome in the dome, bigger than New Orlean's Super dome in terms of area.

SouthernBoy (aka: ATL4EVR) - if you had just taken your suspension you would have been fine. Multiple identities are not allowed on this site, and will always result in being banned.

As corny as it is, that "Blue Collar TV" show should maybe be listed as being filmed in Atlanta. They shot it at the Fox, and probably still do, if it's still being aired.

Indeed it was originally shot in Atlanta, at the Alliance theater. It is now being shot in Athens' Classic Center.

According to IMDB, it is still being filmed. Even if the WB drops it, I'm sure Comedy Central will pick it up, they seem to enjoy that show.

Here are more information on Atlanta Metro:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
According to the 2000 census, the 28-county Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area has a population of 4,247,981 making it the eleventh largest metropolitan area in the United States. The 2004 Census estimate shows 4,708,297 people living in the 28-county area, moving it up two spots to the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. (By contrast, Atlanta proper is the 41st-largest city in the country.) The combined land area of all 28 counties is 21,965 km2.

According to the ranking of world cities undertaken by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC) and based on the level of presence of global corporate service organisations, Atlanta is considered a "gamma" or "minor world city".
Here go a list of the counties in Metro:
Barrow County
Bartow County
Butts County
Carroll County
Cherokee County
Clayton County
Cobb County
Coweta County
Dawson County
DeKalb County
Douglas County
Fayette County
Forsyth County
Fulton County
Gwinnett County
Haralson County
Heard County
Henry County
Jasper County
Lamar County
Meriwether County
Newton County
Paulding County
Pickens County
Pike County
Rockdale County
Spalding County
Walton County
I got more information on the metro, and the cities in metro, i want to put the pic of the metro on here, but i don't know how to.

Then you do Tallahassee b4 Chicago!

LOL (IMG:http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

surprised you haven't listed the following nickname:

The Big Peach

lived there in late seventies and early eighties, and we used it a lot..

Wow, thanks for telling me that. I'll add it right on. (IMG:http://www.urbanplanet.org/forums/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)