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Ponce City Market tower, May 2012. In May 1990, [9] the city of Atlanta bought the building for $12 million, with plans to place 2,000 police and fire employees there, and later rent space out to county, state, and federal agencies. The city subsequently moved the central offices of its police department and fire department into the building.
A new site was needed for expanding the market, and in 1956 the State of Georgia purchased a 140-acre site along Interstate 75 in Clayton County. [9] The new market would open on January 19, 1958, which marked the closing of the Murphy Avenue Market. The Forest Park location remains an active market which is open to the public. [10]
The skate park is located at 830 Willoughby Way, Atlanta, Georgia 30312. It is a 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2) facility which offers bowls, curbs, and smooth-rolling concrete mounds. The designated skating facility is Atlanta's first public skate park. The park opened June 2011 with legendary skater Tony Hawk in attendance. Hawk's ...
The Underground Atlanta Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 1980, [12] the same year that Underground Atlanta was closed; just 26 businesses remained. Although they struggled to stay open, the area was once again abandoned by February 1982.
The exception is the area west of Boulevard and south of Freedom Parkway which, although historically part of Atlanta's Fourth Ward (see Atlanta annexations and wards), is considered a separate recognized neighborhood called Sweet Auburn. The neighborhood can be divided into three areas, with Freedom Parkway and Boulevard serving as dividing lines.
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Last week, USA Today published their picks for 2024 Restaurants of the Year and followed it up with an article that detailed the 15 best places to eat across the South. Of the two, only one ...
The name is a reference to Five Points, which is the center of downtown Atlanta."Little" Five Points refers to the intersection at the center of the neighborhood. Two points are provided by Moreland Avenue (U.S. 23 and Georgia 42), which runs perfectly north/south, and forms the county line dividing Fulton and DeKalb.