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It is located at 51 Peachtree Center Avenue, on the northeast corner of Auburn Avenue. It was designed for Southern Bell by Marye, Alger and Vinour, in an austere art deco style. Originally planned to be 25 stories in height, which would have made it the tallest building in Atlanta, it was completed in 1929 at six stories. Additions in 1947 ...
With the advent of urban sprawl and the development of shopping malls, the economic and demographic center of Atlanta shifted northward, and Five Points went into decay. By the 21st century, the area was revitalizing, mostly due to the expansion of Georgia State University , which maintains a large footprint in Five Points.
The name of the historic district comes from a previous name for Peachtree Street, one of the main roads in Atlanta. [2] Since early in the city's history, this corridor of Whitehall Street was considered a major retail center, [3] with the Atlanta Preservation Center calling it "Atlanta's commercial and retail core."
Lindbergh Center station provides access to the Red and Gold MARTA rail lines Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is approximately 15 miles south of the neighborhood. Peachtree Hills is within walking distance of the Lindbergh Center station , which provides access to MARTA's Red and Gold rapid transit lines, as well as select ...
The exhibition center is one of the largest permanent wholesale trade centers in the world. [1] AmericasMart Atlanta consists of three buildings totaling seven million square feet. [ 2 ] The Mart opened in 1957, as Atlanta Market Center (AMC), and hosts more than a dozen trade shows every year including The Atlanta International Gift and Home ...
Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade on Peachtree Street, 2013. Peachtree is also seen in place names: Peachtree Center is a major development of skyscrapers and other high-rises in downtown, with Peachtree Center Avenue running a block east of Peachtree Street. Peachtree City is a planned-suburb golf community located south of the city, in Fayette ...
Tower Square (formerly known as BellSouth Center, Southern Bell Center, and AT&T Midtown Center I) is a 206.4 m (677 ft), 47-story skyscraper located in Midtown Atlanta Georgia. Completed in 1982, it served as the regional headquarters of BellSouth Telecommunications , which does business as AT&T Southeast , and was acquired as part of AT&T's ...
The Edgewood Retail District is a 44 acre (17.6-hectare) mixed-use village located off Moreland Avenue, on the fringe of Little Five Points.Built by Sembler on land formerly owned by Atlanta Gas Light in northwest Edgewood, it is made up of 531,287 square feet (49,358.2 m 2) of retail, [3] including the first intown Lowe's home improvement store.