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Originally Posted by briantech
The GWCC, CNN Center "spot" is where centennial olympic park is now. It's also where the new world of coke and the GA aquarium is.
Underground itself is a blight upon the city and should be burn to the ground.
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First off,
GO JACKETS!
You make it seem like the Centennial Olympic Park (COP) replaced the GWCC, CNN Center. I think you and the person who made the post to which you are referring have different opinions of what the "spot" is/was.
The area where COP is now was desolate and had many abandoned buildings and warehouses just prior to the construction of COP. The city seems to want to plasticize and disneytize the area with things such as Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coke and Nascar Museum which in itself is ok I suppose. But the city could do just as good or better by emphasizing things like Undeground and the Railroad Gulch to glorify and create a more authentic historic living museum of Atlanta's railroad origin.
I don't think Underground is a blight. I assume your 'burn to the ground' comment is hyperbole. But I do think that sentiment is a basis of how many think in the development of Atlanta - burn down, destroy and replace with a parking lot or replace with some sterile. It's hard to conceive what lies beneath Downtown Atlanta until you come across some old pictures of the city.
What is probably the most iconic thing to me about Atlanta is the trees. It's amazing to me to see how the city rises out of the forest much like the phoenix rising out of the ashes which indeed is a befitting symbol of Atlanta in so many ways. The rising phoenix should be emphasized more.