Atlanta Photo of the Day

[ironchapman]

I'm Looking forward to it IC.

Thanks.

The picutre that I just posted has a funny story with it. Someone on another forum actually asked what i was holding in my hands in that reflection (I told them it was the camera).

[Andrea]

Just for laughs. What the skyline might look like if you took some of the buildings from Perimeter, Galleria and Buckhead and scrunched them together.

My apologies for some very crude PhotoShop work.

Composite Skyline

[ironchapman]

^LOL...It took me a while to recognise some of those buildings since they were pushed together and notin their usual spread out fashion. Good idea to try that!

[Florida]

Here's a pic for today:

Looking North from the Westin Peachtree:

I love these buildings!

[Martinman]

A view of Buckhead from Vinings

Edited October 4, 2005 by Martinman

[NCB]

^Nice Picture Martinman

Here's one I found on Google;

Edited October 4, 2005 by NCB

[NCB]

Downtown Atlanta, around 1996-97

Edited October 8, 2005 by NCB

[Florida]

I truly believe Atlanta is the most beautiful Big City in America. Look at that place... no overkill, just right.

[Lady Celeste]

Downtown Atlanta

My, my, my, it's been a long time since I have seen a picture with the old venerable Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. This picture has to be about 8 years since it was demolished. When this picture was taken Atlantic Station was just a vision. Thanks for bringing back memories NCB....it's amazing to see how much Atlanta has grown.

[NCB]

My, my, my, it's been a long time since I have seen a picture with the old venerable Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. This picture has to be about 8 years since it was demolished. When this picture was taken Atlantic Station was just a vision. Thanks for bringing back memories NCB....it's amazing to see how much Atlanta has grown.

I recieved a postcard with that picture of Atlanta on it in 1996-97. Even though its an old picture, its one of my favorite's of Atlanta. Glad you enjoyed it Lady Celeste!

Edited October 8, 2005 by NCB

[Andrea]

Here's a French website I stumbled across with some good photos of Atlanta:

Peachtree at night

The Coke sign

The Airport

State Capitol

[Florida]

Here's a French website I stumbled across with some good photos of Atlanta:

Peachtree at night

The Coke sign

The Airport

State Capitol

Nice Find

[ironchapman]

Nice Find

And if my knowledge of french is correct, the people who posted the pics loved Atlanta

[Lady Celeste]

The second link's description was complimentary. The other three were informative. Those were some pretty good pictures. They said that Hartsfield-Jackson was number 2 behind Chicago. I wonder when were these pictures taken. They were from a neat prespective though.

[NCB]

Peachtree Street, back in the day...

Early 1900's

Peachtree in 1907

Peachtree around 1915

Peachtree around 1940

Its amazing how much Atlanta has changed over the years!

Edited October 10, 2005 by NCB

[ironchapman]

^Those pics make Atlanta look so lively......

Can't see the first one, though.

[nick]

^Those pics make Atlanta look so lively......

Can't see the first one, though.

Yeah seriously, what happened? I live in Arts Center Tower and go to Tech and I can tell you that lively Atlanta is not.

[ironchapman]

Yeah seriously, what happened? I live in Arts Center Tower and go to Tech and I can tell you that lively Atlanta is not.

Methinks suburbia ruined it. So many people moved out and left downtown a ghosttown for a long time. It's just now beginning to be revived.

Seriously, those resemble streets of cities much bigger than Atlanta. I mean, I'm thinking of Chicago.

BTW: Welcome ot the forum, Nick!

Edited October 12, 2005 by ironchapman

[Andrea]

Methinks suburbia ruined it. So many people moved out and left downtown a ghosttown for a long time. It's just now beginning to be revived.

When I was a little kid in the 1960's downtown was still the place to be. It was as bustling as Manhattan or Boston, and all the prestigious businesses wanted to be as close to Five Points as possible. Suburban malls were barely getting off the ground, and if you wanted to do *real* shopping or see the latest movies or dine at a fine restaurant you came to town. There were no Toys R Us, and at Christmas the two downtown department stores had massive toy departments. The big Sears on Ponce de Leon was not bad, but Rich's ruled. Underground was vibrant and organic, not the manufactured mall that it is now. Men like my Dad wore hats to work every day, and you would never catch my Grandma on the streets of downtown Atlanta without her gloves.

Even in the 70's most of the prestigious legal, banking, accounting and insurance firms were clustered around Five Points. Folks were aghast when Alston & Bird talked about moving to 14th Street -- it was unheard of for a big law firm to move that far out! Peachtree Center was pretty much the northern boundary of acceptability in those days.

Edited October 12, 2005 by Andrea

[Martinman]

Methinks suburbia ruined it. So many people moved out and left downtown a ghosttown for a long time. It's just now beginning to be revived.

Seriously, those resemble streets of cities much bigger than Atlanta. I mean, I'm thinking of Chicago.

BTW: Welcome ot the forum, Nick!

Its pretty much the same thing that happened to most cities on some level, across the country. Middle class abandonment, white flight, malls...suburbia ruled. I mean there really are few examples of cities that maintianed a strong, healthy center city.

Also the state saw freeway construction as the primary key to economic progress and new intown developments were built like fortresses. Whats worse, they had the nerve to tear down what was in those pics to build these fortresses.

Edited October 12, 2005 by Martinman

[Florida]

Nice pictures you've got there.

[Martinman]

I thought these were cool from the AJC

They are of the "light scoops" designed to allow in soft indirect natural light on the roof of the High Museum expansion.

[Florida]

Thats neat!

[NCB]

Yes, Very cool!

[Martinman]

The 1180 Peachtree website has some nice aerial construction progress pics.

Edited October 13, 2005 by Martinman