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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.
The project was named for Alonzo F. Herndon, who was born a slave, and through founding the Atlanta Life Insurance Company became Atlanta's richest African American. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] On June 15, 2016, Atlanta Housing Authority announced a development team has been selected to create a mixed-use mixed-income community on the site, "Herndon Square ...
The racial make up of the neighborhood as of the 2010 census is 90.1% white, 3.6% black or African American, 4.1% Spanish or Latino, 0.2% Native American or Hawaiian, 1.1% Asian, 4.6% mixed races. The neighborhood is encompassed in the 30318 zip code.
The Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments is a historic building located in Atlanta, Georgia. The complex, originally consisting of a hotel and apartments, was developed by William Candler, son of Coca-Cola executive Asa Candler, with Holland Ball Judkins and John McEntee Bowman. The original hotel building was converted to an office ...
More recently, Atlanta's built environment has been getting more eclectic and diverse. For example, 3344 Peachtree (2008) is more in the glass-walled modernist vein, while Millennium Gate (also completed in 2008) is the largest classical monument in the U.S. to have been dedicated since completion of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. [10]
The Reid House at 1325-1327 Peachtree St., NE, in Atlanta, Georgia, known also as Garrison Apartments (during 1924–26) and as 1325 Apartments (during 1926–74), was built as a luxury apartment building in 1924. It was the third luxury apartment building built in Atlanta.
The Bayshore Club is finally open in Coconut Grove. The open-air restaurant, which was designed by Celano Design Studio and pays homage to mid-century travel, seats 300 guests and features a 360 ...
Thomasville Heights was a 350-unit public housing project in Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1967, demolished in 2010, and the remainder of the Thomasville community which is section-8 housing Forest Cove Apartments (also known as Villa Monte or 4 Season) is also scheduled to be demolished. Forest Cove (formerly Villa Monte) was constructed in 1971 ...