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Old Posted Apr 19, 2012, 11:41 PM
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A walk through Piedmont Park in Atlanta.

I recently spent the day in Atlanta on 4/14/12. The weather was glorious and the park was very crowded so I decided to take a stroll and shoot a few pictures. All of these images are mine.









































I hope you enjoyed the tour!
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Nice to see!
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Impressive, I had no idea Atlanta had such an amazing park! Thanks
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Fantastic. I love the image of a park ringed by high-rises.
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Nice. Man I miss the VA Highlands and that Park is by far one of the best metro parks in the country ...with a huge bar attached tah boot!
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Old Posted Apr 20, 2012, 2:58 PM
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Very nice park! It´s so green and it has so large grasslands. I like very much that kind of parks.

It reminds me of Central Park, NYC.

Thanks for sharing your pictures!

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain.
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Piedmont Park is great. Good job of showcasing it in your photos. It should really be active and crowded this weekend with the 76th Annual Dogwood Festival.
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I was lucky enough to live on the edge of the park for a few years back in the 90s. Those were great years of my life. What a park!
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Very nice, looks much like that of Central Park of New York with high-rise on the boarder of the park. Atlanta really looks up to New York and it shows.
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Old Posted Apr 21, 2012, 3:07 PM
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Thanks for the pics!
Piedmont Park also has a lot of areas not captured in these pictures, including a wetlands trail, interactive fountains, a carousel, dog parks, and tennis courts.
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We were passing through Atlanta this day and were in the park the same time you were! I carefully looked through your photos to see if I recognized any familiar scene, but didn't make a connection with any. It was just as beautiful as your pictures portray!
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It reminds me of Central Park, NYC.
very much so!
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Old Posted Apr 22, 2012, 12:23 AM
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Thank you all for your feedback!
Yes, it really is a great park and it absolutely reminds me of Central Park too.
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Piedmont Park was redesigned by the Olmsted Brothers in 1903, or something like that. It fell into major disrepair for a few decades, and then the Conservancy was formed and has since injected something like $80-90M into the park in the last 20 years. I live in a highrise (which you can't see) a few blocks away. The park is also ringed by mid-rises of 5-10 floors, which you can't see because of the trees. It's probably the only place in the south that is truly "big city". Atlanta also has several other equally impressive parks - Centennial Olympic, Grant, Chastain, Old Fourth Ward, heck even Stone Mountain out in the burbs. I feel fortunate to live here. Thanks for the photos!
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Very nice, looks much like that of Central Park of New York with high-rise on the boarder of the park. Atlanta really looks up to New York and it shows.
Atlanta is like a post modern New York without extreme density. Plus it isn't by the coast.
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Definitely a place I would love exploring. That last shot is great, would be nice to see more pics of the buildings that border the park.
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Please post some photos of the area around (but outside of) the Park.

PS: this beautiful woman has a great, curvey bod. Her legs, hips, and butt look delicious. Also, she appears to be going commando, or she's wearing a micro thong.


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Amazing views from that park.
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Old Posted Apr 22, 2012, 3:50 PM
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great pics. i've never been in the park...i think i'll have to change that.

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