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Five Points Plaza, also known as 40
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 sou ...
and formerly known as First Federal Building, is a 17 story, office building skyscraper in
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. The building was constructed in 1964 to house headquarters of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Atlanta. Noted for an
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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 The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the Secretary of Housing and Ur ...
through 2019.FIVE POINTS PLAZA FOR SALE – Bisnow – Atlanta
Bisnow (2011-01-11). Retrieved on 2012-09-05.


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Architecture of Atlanta The architecture of Atlanta is marked by a confluence of classical, modernist, post-modernist, and contemporary architectural styles. Due to the complete destruction of Atlanta by fire in 1864, the city's architecture retains no traces of its Ant ...


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* {{Atlanta landmarks Skyscraper office buildings in Atlanta Office buildings completed in 1964