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Welcome to Atlanta (or something like that)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA
This is for anyone who lives in Atlanta, who has ever lived in Atlanta, has visited Atlanta, ever plans to visit Atlanta, knows anyone who lives in Atlanta, knows anyone who has ever visited Atlanta or anyone who has ever heard of Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta is composed mostly of one way streets. The only way to get out of downtown Atlanta is to turn around and start over when you reach Greenville, South Carolina.(via almostfaded)
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1950s shot of the commercial strip on the eastern side of Peachtree St at 11th Street. The building currently houses Club Reign. Midtown Atlanta.
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An illustration of Peachtree Street from the June 25, 1960 edition of the Saturday Evening Post.
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Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, Georgia
from Georgia State University LibraryIntersection of Peachtree and Forsyth, now known as Margaret Mitchell Square. The Deco “Shoe Salon” building is now the site of the southwest entrance to Peachtree Center MARTA Station. (Just to the right of it in the picture is the Wyncoff Hotel, now the Ellis.) Photo from AJC collection held by the GSU Library.
From GSU:
Peachtree and Forsyth Streets at Five Points, Atlanta, Georgia. Photograph made near the end of World War II,1945?
Print verso inscribed: “Peachtree and Forsyth Streets near the end of World War 2. The streetcars vanished later during the 40s, The Paramount Theater marquee during the 60s, The Coke sign during the 80s.”
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Peachtree Street, Downtown Atlanta, 1950 (via Atlanta History Center) Click on the High-Res button, it’s worth it.
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Very cool: “A circa-1910 illustration of what the folks at the Greater Atlanta Magazine imagined Peachtree Street would look like come 2010.”
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1890s view of Peachtree (then Whitehall Street) looking toward Wall Street with the Kimball House looming in the background.
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The Atlanta skyline as seen from Buckhead
