Rhodes Center was

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

's first shopping center. It was built in 1937 by architects

Ivey and Crook Ivey and Crook was an architectural firm active in Atlanta from the 1920s to 1960s. Works include: * Rhodes Center (1937, Atlanta's first shopping center) and the Crum & Forster Building, both in Midtown Atlanta * the Lenox Park (Atlanta) subdivi ...

and was one of the largest real estate developments in Atlanta during the Depression.

History

It was located in Midtown between

Peachtree Street Peachtree Street is one of several major streets running through the city of Atlanta. Beginning at Five Points (Atlanta), Five Points in downtown Atlanta, it runs North through Midtown Atlanta, Midtown; a few blocks after entering into Buckhead ...

and Spring Street. It consisted of one-story buildings that ran along the north, west and south sides of

Rhodes Hall Rhodes Memorial Hall, commonly known as Rhodes Hall, is an historic house located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was built as the home of furniture magnate Amos Giles Rhodes, proprietor of Atlanta-based Rhodes Furniture. The Romanes ...

. The buildings were faced with Georgia white marble. Today only the south building remains along with the single-block street named "South Rhodes Center NW". The offramp of the Buford Highway Connector to Peachtree Street runs along the building's south side. The site of the west building is now parking behind Rhodes Hall. The site of the north building is now occupied by part of the 1550 Peachtree building and the plaza in front of 1550 Peachtree. In 2003, Dewberry Capital promoted the redevelopment of the south building, however as of 2011 this redevelopment had not taken place. Dewberry has acquired numerous properties in the area, historically known as Pershing Point but which Dewberry proposes to call "Uptown Atlanta". The properties include one at the northwest corner of Peachtree and 17th, Campanile at Peachtree & 14th, Peachtree Pointe at Spring and Peachtree, and the site for the proposed 13-story Dewberry Ansley tower."John Dewberry has picked up another prime Peachtree property in Midtown''Skyline Views'' (blog), June 6, 29011
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Tenants

A 1938 directory shows the following tenants: * The air-conditione
Rhodes Theatre
* A&P superstore * Anderson & McGee beauty salon * Ann Hagan gift shop * Calhoun radio service co. * Dutch Oven bakery * Georgia Milk Producers store * May Air restaurant * National Grain Yeast Corp. * Oasis liquor store * Rhodes Center florists * Rhodes 5c and 10c store * Roland's liquor store * Waldrep and Griffin druggists * Yellow Lantern library * Dr. Zeigler clinic

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"Rhodes Center", Dewberry Capital

"Ivey and Crook", ''New Georgia Encyclopedia''
{{coord, 33.7956, -84.3883, type:landmark_region:US-GA, display=title Buildings and structures in Fulton County, Georgia Defunct shopping malls in the United States Ivey and Crook buildings Shopping malls established in 1937 Buildings and structures in Atlanta Shopping malls in the Atlanta metropolitan area 1937 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)

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