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The entire metro Atlanta region with area codes 404, 770, 678, 470, and 943 is a local calling area, one of the largest in the United States, without long-distance charges for calls between area codes. All calls in the area are dialed with ten digits.
In 1947, Georgia was a single numbering plan area (NPA) with area code 404. In 1954, 912 was assigned to its southern and central areas. The state operated with two area codes until May 3, 1992, when area code 706 was created for the two separate areas outside of the metro Atlanta area.
The Hispanic population is the largest non-traditional minority group in Metro Atlanta. Hispanics grew from 30,000 in 1982, to over 110,000 in 1992 [1] —260% in ten years. Between 1992 and 1996, the Hispanic population of the Atlanta metro area grew to over 231,619 [3] —an increase of 110% in just six years.
Several rap and hip-hop songs mention Magic City, [9] including "Strip Club" by The 2 Live Crew, [10] "Magic City Monday" by Jeezy [11] and "Magic" by Future. [12] The reference to "Monday" is because Magic City is "supposedly the Holy Grail of Atlanta strip clubs on Monday nights". [13]
Later tenants included the "Gypsy Club" (c. 1951–1954), and "The Continental Room" (1954) before returning to the Anchorage name from about 1956 until 1963, when it was briefly known as the "Atlanta Playboy Club", an unofficial attempt to capitalize on the popularity of Hugh Hefner's magazine. A lawsuit closed the Atlanta Playboy Club.
In 2005, the city banned new adult businesses on Cheshire Bridge, but existing ones were allowed to stay. [4] [5]In 2013, councilman Alex Wan introduced legislation, supported by neighborhood associations and NPU F, [8] to remove existing adult businesses from Cheshire Bridge by 2018, but this was not passed, opposed by a mix of gays, strippers and Atlanta's real estate interests – including ...
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As a result, Underground Atlanta quickly became the center of downtown Atlanta nightlife. [ 7 ] [ 11 ] Popular spots in Underground Atlanta included Dante's Down the Hatch, Scarlett O'Hara , The Blarney Stone, The Rustler's Den, The Pumphouse, The Front Page, The Bank Note, and Muhlenbrink's Saloon, where Atlanta's Piano Red , under the name Dr ...