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The Hyatt Regency Atlanta is a business hotel located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.Opened in 1967 as the Regency Hyatt House, John C. Portman Jr.'s revolutionary 22-story atrium design for the hotel has influenced hotel design enormously in the years since. [4]
Three hotels in downtown Atlanta. Clockwise from top: Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Ellis Hotel, Carnegie Building Founded in the 1830s as a railroad terminus, Atlanta experienced rapid growth in its early years to become a major economic center of Georgia, with several hotels built to accommodate for this growth.
The hotel was also notable for its Peachtree Ballroom, which was the largest in Atlanta when it opened, seating 3,500 people. [14] It has since been surpassed by the Georgia International Convention Center, which lays claim to having the largest ballroom in the state of Georgia. [15] Westin Peachtree, center, background, Atlanta skyline
The Hard Rock Cafe Atlanta is located in the Hotel District. As its name suggests, the Hotel District is the home of many of Atlanta's signature hotels. [1] Tourists coming to Atlanta for conventions typically stay in the hotels located in this district. Some of those hotels include: Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel; Atlanta Marriott Marquis
The original 10-story Georgian Terrace Hotel was designed to conform to Atlanta's early trolley rail lines that met at the corner of Peachtree Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue. It was one of the first hotels built outside of the city's downtown business district in a then residential neighborhood, which had been land originally owned by Richard ...
Peachtree Center is a district located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the structures that make up the district were designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman Jr. A defining feature of the Peachtree Center is a network of enclosed pedestrian sky bridges suspended above the street-level, which have garnered criticism for discouraging ...
Connally Building (first five floors are the original building) Connally Building after 1980s remodel (11 top stories added) The Connally Building is located at 54 Peachtree Street (corner of Alabama Street) in Downtown Atlanta, adjacent to the Underground Atlanta retail center.
Atlanta, United States: The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, the first Hyatt Regency hotel, was built in 1967 as the Regency Hyatt House, and was the first contemporary atrium hotel in the world. As of 2014 [update] , it was the only major downtown Atlanta hotel with a front drive on Peachtree Street .