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Marietta Street
Marietta Street is a historic street in Downtown Atlanta. The street leads from Atlanta towards the town of Marietta, as its name indicates. It begins as one of the five streets intersecting at Five Points, leading northwest, forming the southern border of Downtown's Fairlie-Poplar district, continuing through Downtown's Luckie Marietta district, then entering West Midtown's Marietta Street Artery neighborhood, until terminating at its junction with West Marietta St., Brady Ave., and 8th St. Marietta street is one of the original seven streets in Atlanta, along with Decatur, Whitehall, Peachtree, Pryor, Loyd (now Central), and Alabama. Before the American Civil War, the finest residences were located on both sides of Marietta Street, extending westwards from Five Points for about a mile. In the first years of the 20th century, several of the city's tallest skyscrapers were built on Marietta Street, and a concentration of financial companies were headquartered on the stre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia State University
Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a Public university, public research university in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the largest institution of higher education by enrollment based in Georgia and is in the List of United States university campuses by enrollment, top 10 in the nation in number of students with a diverse Majority minority, majority-minority student population of around 54,000 students, including approximately 33,000 undergraduate and graduate students at the main campus downtown. Georgia State is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "List of research universities in the United States#Universities classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". The university's over $200 million in research expenditures for the 2018 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. As president, Wilson changed the nation's economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism. Wilson grew up in the American South, mainly in Augusta, Georgia, during the Civil War and Reconstruction. After earning a Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University, Wilson taught at various colleges before becoming the president of Princeton University and a spokesman for progressivism in higher education. As governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, Wilson broke with party bosse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norcross Building
The Norcross Building (4 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta) occupied the southwest corner of Peachtree Street and Marietta Street at Five Points (Atlanta), Five Points in downtown Atlanta. Today the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is located on the site. The building was owned by Jonathan Norcross, "father of Atlanta." An 1859 directory already lists a Norcross Building in this location at that time. Mr. Norcross had owned the site since at least 1844, having paid $265 for the lot. 1894 building In 1894 a new landmark Norcross Building went up which stood until destroyed by fire in December 1902. The Atlanta Constitution called the building "one of the handsomest office buildings in the city", "an honor to Atlanta" and " a splendid ornament to the site". The construction was of pressed brick, five stories high, fronting on Marietta Street and on Peachtree Street, with large ornamental bay windows. The architect was G.L. Norman. The building cost about $35,000 to complete. The int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Olympic Park
Centennial Olympic Park is a public park located in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, owned and operated by the Georgia World Congress Center Authority. It was built by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) as part of the infrastructure improvements for the 1996 Summer Olympics. It plays host to millions of visitors a year and several events, including a summer popular music concert series (Wednesday WindDown) and an annual Independence Day concert and fireworks display. History The park property had previously been a variety of vacant lots and abandoned or run-down industrial buildings. ACOG's chief executive, Billy Payne, conceived the park both as a central gathering location for visitors and spectators during the Olympics and as a lasting legacy for the city. With the park being the showcase to the world during the Olympics, ACOG decided to hold a design competition to lay out and build the park. Landscape Architect EDAW, with the joint construction team of Beers/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNN Center
The CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is the international headquarters of the Cable News Network (CNN). The main newsrooms and studios for several of CNN's news channels are located in the building. The facility's commercial office space is occupied by various units of the former Turner Broadcasting System, now part of Warner Bros. Discovery. The CNN Center is located in downtown Atlanta adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park. The One CNN Center office building was acquired bCP Group, formerly Crocker Partners, and Rialto Capital Managementin 2021. History 1970s and 1980s The building now occupied by the CNN Center opened in 1976 as the Omni Complex, a development by Cousins Properties. The Omni Coliseum, an NBA and NHL arena directly connected to the Omni Complex, had opened three years earlier, on October 14, 1972. The Omni Complex office building was largely vacant until CNN moved its headquarters there in 1987 from its Midtown Atlanta site (old home of the Progressive Club on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Bar Of Georgia Building
The State Bar of Georgia Building is located at 104 Marietta St. NW in Downtown Atlanta. The building opened in 1918, and was designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown, one of the most notable architects of public buildings in Atlanta in the first third of the 20th century. It was originally occupied by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta before the bank moved to Midtown Atlanta in 2001 and is now occupied by the State Bar of Georgia. A marker in front of the building identifies the location of the original site of the zero milepost of the terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, and of the first settlement of Atlanta (then named Thrasherville). Prior to the construction of the Federal Reserve building, the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta occupied the site. The first church on the site was built in 1852, replaced by a more ornate structure in 1878, which was demolished in 1916. The church moved to Peachtree at 16th in Midtown Atlanta Midtown Atlanta, or Midtown, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Tower (Atlanta)
101 Marietta Street, formerly Centennial Tower, is a , 36-story skyscraper in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The building was completed in 1975 and renovated in 1998, resulting in a name change, new facade, and chevrons added to the building which increased its original height by . The property is considered a class "A" office building consisting of 600,000 square feet. The U.S. Census Bureau has its Atlanta regional office in Centennial Tower. See also *List of tallest buildings in Atlanta Image:Atlanta Skyline from Buckhead.jpg, 400px, Skyline of Atlanta at night poly 1085 477 1085 545 1092 569 1164 721 1169 797 1172 929 1174 1140 1147 1139 1121 1108 1069 1099 1045 1115 1045 1140 1006 1141 1004 1273 978 1271 978 929 984 797 994 ... References External links Centennial Tower– Jackson Oats Shaw Corporate Real Estate {{Atlanta landmarks Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta Office buildings completed in 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry W
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
55 Marietta Street
55 Marietta Street, formerly the Fulton National Bank Building and the Bank South Building is a 21-story, office building in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the tallest building in the city when completed in 1958 until surpassed by One Park Tower in 1961. 55 Marietta Street is the site of the U.S. Post Office and Customs House (built 1878), which served from 1910 to 1930 as City Hall (demolished 1930s)Excerpts fro''Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events: Vol. 1: 1820s-1870s'', Franklin Miller Garrett/ref> See also *List of tallest buildings in Atlanta Image:Atlanta Skyline from Buckhead.jpg, 400px, Skyline of Atlanta at night poly 1085 477 1085 545 1092 569 1164 721 1169 797 1172 929 1174 1140 1147 1139 1121 1108 1069 1099 1045 1115 1045 1140 1006 1141 1004 1273 978 1271 978 929 984 797 994 ... References {{Atlanta landmarks Office buildings completed in 1958 Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Points Plaza
Five Points Plaza, also known as 40 Marietta Street and formerly known as First Federal Building, is a 17 story, office building skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia. The building was constructed in 1964 to house headquarters of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Atlanta. Noted for an Oriental architectural design that stands out in Atlanta, the building is devoid of interior columns, making it one of the tallest post-tensioned concrete buildings in the United States at the time of its construction. Five Points Plaza is fully leased to the Atlanta offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development through 2019. Bisnow (2011-01-11). Retrieved on 2012-09-05. See also * |
The Metropolitan (Atlanta Condominium Building)
The Metropolitan is a condominium building at 20 Marietta Street NW at the southeast corner of Broad Street in the Five Points district of Downtown Atlanta Downtown Atlanta is the central business district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The larger of the city's two other commercial districts ( Midtown and Buckhead), it is the location of many corporate and regional headquarters; city, county .... It was built in 1908 as the Third National Bank Building And is Atlanta's first skyscraper. It was later the Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Building, and in the 1960s was resurfaced with dark glass. It was converted into condominiums in 1996. Gallery Newspaper advertisement for the Third National Bank, from the Atlanta Constitution, January 28, 1912.jpg, Advertisement for the Third National Bank, ''Atlanta Constitution'', January 28, 1912 Part of newspaper advertisement for the Third National Bank, from the Atlanta Constitution, January 28, 1912.JPG, Third National Bank Bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
