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LSyd Apr 27, 2012 3:50 AM

Atlanta - springtime and stuff
 
work sent me to Atlanta for a week. thankfully i got one day for pics.

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hauntedheadnc Apr 27, 2012 4:35 AM

Another wonderful set, but I would expect nothing less from you.

NYbyWAYofGA Apr 27, 2012 6:57 AM

These are pretty good pics. I'm loving some of the new streetscape improvements that I see downtown. It's nice to see some effort going into making it more attractive.

Danny Apr 27, 2012 7:49 AM

Thanks for these shots of Atlanta, LSyd! Very nice pictures.

I like the views of Bank of America Plaza from several places of Atlanta. And I like Atlanta´s downtown too. It´s very nice. I´d like to visit.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!:tup:

simms3_redux Apr 27, 2012 12:20 PM

2 shining examples of the urban transformation in Atlanta. JAMESTOWN owns both (same company that owns Chelsea Market in NYC, so many buildings along Newbury St, Pac Place in San Francisco, and so many buildings along M Street in Georgetown).

White Provision on the westside just had Free People open last week of March, Lululemon is in buildout to open in June, Billy Reid's (8th?) location is opening there in May and Calypso St. Barth is opening there in May-June. Anthropologie is in the development next door (as is a Jonathan Adler). Facebook opened their offices in another warehouse down the street (and Scoutmob has their HQ down the street). Room & Board's largest store occupies the warehouse portion shown in top pic.

Expect so many great things from the 2.1 million SF old Sears Roebuck warehouse (larger building pictured obviously). It will be reminescent of Chelsea Market (2014 delivery).

Also glad you got some shots of the Luckie Marietta district, Castleberry Hill, Cabbage Town, Grant Park and of course downtown. I have snapped some of those same angles (especially that one looking down the warehouses in Castleberry). You do it better though! :)

I'm actually glad you left out Midtown! Atlanta will really be a true urban city in no time (well...2 more decades).

cabasse Apr 27, 2012 1:08 PM

- the sound table is badass, love that place
- lol, you caught the google maps street view car
- downtown's looking better than ever (expect things to kick into high gear once the streetcar is up and running) and you did a nice job of showing the more intimate, pedestrian scaled areas around fairlie poplar.

great pics! (with a wide angle lens!)

STLgasm Apr 27, 2012 1:09 PM

Neato torpedo!

(four 0 four) Apr 27, 2012 2:15 PM

Fantastic tour (as usual) with lots of great shots (as expected) and a healthy dose of grit (wouldn't be LSyd without it)!

Kingofthehill Apr 27, 2012 2:33 PM

Very nice! This is the Atlanta I know and enjoy.

fern Apr 27, 2012 4:22 PM

Nice tour mate :tup:

tdawg Apr 27, 2012 8:14 PM

I forgot how good the graffiti is in Atlanta. Awesome photos.

novaCJ Apr 27, 2012 8:16 PM

This is fantastic! The best I've seen downtown in a while. I was actually in Atlanta myself about a month ago, but wasn't able to get anywhere of note as both my hotel and conference were in Kennesaw and I had no car.
Two things:
-Palms in 24 and 26. I didn't know Cabbagetown was on the Atlantic, sea levels must be rising faster than I thought!:ahhh:
-There's a streetcar in the works???:omg::cheers::fireworks :rock::drunk::ohyeah

arkitekte Apr 27, 2012 8:36 PM

Solid set.

ColDayMan Apr 27, 2012 8:37 PM

Yay!!!

Labtec Apr 27, 2012 8:52 PM

:yes::tup:

plorenc Apr 27, 2012 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LSyd (Post 5680919)

Seriously nostalgia'd out on this one. I graduated from GSU last spring and haven't been down there since then, pretty much. Broad Street and Poplar Street are, bar none, my favorite streets in all of Atlanta: Poplar is so intimate, and Broad is so vibrant.

My heart yearns for such raw urbanism; Tech just doesn't have anything like it!

BTW, awesome set of photos!!

soulard&como Apr 27, 2012 10:32 PM

no housewives? Jk. Never seen atlanta look so good!

Bedhead Apr 28, 2012 10:49 PM

Fantastic - thanks - the spire of the Bank of America Plaza looks badass in those shots.

Ex-Ithacan Apr 29, 2012 2:58 AM

You're gettin' purty good at this picture takin' thing.

Nice set L, thanks.

mexibone Apr 29, 2012 3:35 PM

Great pictures!


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