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In 2008, Steve Fanczi (Deputy Executive Director of the Georgia Building Authority) developed and proposed plans for a public plaza to the east of the State Capitol called "Liberty Plaza". [7] The plans were finally approved in the Fall of 2013 by the Governing Board of the Georgia Building Authority, with a cost of $4.4 million that was raised ...
In October 2018, the Zero Mile Post was moved from the Georgia Building Authority's depot building to the Atlanta History Center, and the building was demolished to accommodate the reconstruction of the Central Avenue and Courtland Street bridges above. A replica post was placed at the exact location of the original, and paired with an ...
The Georgia Railroad Freight Depot (1869) is the oldest building in downtown Atlanta. [citation needed]It is located on the east side of Central Avenue, bordered by the MARTA and freight railroad lines on its north side.
In February 2014, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed an act to create a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. that would reside on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. [1] In January the following year, Deal appointed State Representatives Calvin Smyre and Joe Wilkinson to serve as liaisons with the King family for the creation of ...
In 1971, Georgia governor Jimmy Carter assigned the upkeep of the six Georgian Confederate cemeteries to the Georgia Building Authority. [ 1 ] A grave-marking ceremony was held in honor of twice named Roll of Honor, Ensign Robert Lindsey, a fallen confederate soldier, from Company D, 4th Kentucky Infantry during May 1992 at the Patrick R ...
Georgia's second capitol building, 1937. The Old State Capitol is at 201 East Greene Street, Milledgeville, Georgia , and served as state capitol from 1807 until 1867. The building was severely damaged by a fire on March 24, 1941 [ 17 ] and was rebuilt in its former design to serve as a part of Georgia Military College . [ 18 ]
25 Park Place, formerly the Trust Company of Georgia Building and later the SunTrust Bank Building is a 115 m (377 ft) 28-story skyscraper owned by Georgia State University in Downtown Atlanta. [2] Built across from Woodruff Park, construction was finished in 1971 as the headquarters for Trust Company of Georgia, which was bought by SunTrust in ...
The Equitable Building, completed in 1892, is generally regarded as the first high-rise in the city. [3] Atlanta went through a major building boom from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, during which the city saw the completion of 13 of its 40 tallest buildings, including the Bank of America Plaza, Truist Plaza, One Atlantic Center, and 191 Peachtree Tower.