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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.
Truist Plaza is a 265.48 m (871.0 ft) 60 story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta. It was designed by John C. Portman Jr. of John Portman & Associates and built from 1989 to 1992. In the mid-1990s, Portman sold half of his interest in the building to SunTrust Banks , which then moved its headquarters to the building and prompted a name change from ...
From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
Street level view of the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. The first building on the site was the first official Georgia Governor's Mansion in Atlanta, a Victorian-style home purchased by the state in 1870 at the southwest corner of Peachtree Street and Cain Street (later International Boulevard, now Andrew Young International Boulevard).
I-285 (Atlanta Bypass / SR 407) – Greenville, Marietta, Chattanooga: I-285 exit 31; southern end of freeway: Gwinnett: Peachtree Corners: 3.2: 5.1: Jones Mill Road / Peachtree Corners Circle: No southbound exit; SR 141 southbound exit via SR 140 exit: 3.8: 6.1: SR 140 (Jimmy Carter Boulevard) – Roswell, Tucker: No southbound exit: 4.2: 6.8
Bank of America Plaza (colloquially called the pencil building [6]) is a supertall skyscraper between Midtown Atlanta and Downtown Atlanta.At 311.8 m (1,023 ft), as of February 2024 the tower is the 23rd tallest building in the United States, [7] the tallest building in the Southeastern region of the United States, [8] and the tallest building in any U.S. state capital, overtaking the 250 m ...
230 Peachtree Street 116 m (381 ft) 31 floors 1965 [7] [8] Peachtree Center North (Gas Light Tower) 235 Peachtree Street 101 m (331 ft) 27 floors 1968 [9] [10] Peachtree Center South 225 Peachtree Street 101 m (331 ft) 27 floors 1970 [11] [12] Hyatt Regency Atlanta: 104 m (341 ft) 24 floors 1967 [13] [14] Harris Tower 233 Peachtree Center NE
The original 10-story Georgian Terrace Hotel was designed to conform to Atlanta's early trolley rail lines that met at the corner of Peachtree Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue. It was one of the first hotels built outside of the city's downtown business district in a then residential neighborhood, which had been land originally owned by Richard ...