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The city was also a center for Southern rock during its 1970s heyday: the Allman Brothers Band's hit instrumental "Hot 'Lanta" is an ode to the city, while Lynyrd Skynyrd's famous live rendition of "Free Bird" was recorded at the Fox Theatre in 1976, with lead singer Ronnie Van Zant directing the band to "play it pretty for Atlanta". [261]
Pages in category "Cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Home Park. Loring Heights. Sherwood Forest. Westside. Westside or The West Side, is an agglomeration of neighborhoods west of I-75/85 (frequently referred to as the "Connector") and is an unofficial area whose definition varies, and includes: Berkeley Park. Blandtown. Western Home Park. Knight Park/Howell Station.
The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post).
Decatur, Georgia. Decatur (/ dəˈkeɪtər /) is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 census, [4] the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple ZIP Codes in unincorporated DeKalb County bear Decatur as the address.
Tourism in Atlanta. Beluga Whales at the Georgia Aquarium. As of 2010, Atlanta is the seventh-most visited city in the United States, with over 35 million visitors per year. [1] The city was the 12th most popular destination for overseas visitors, who numbered 712,000 in total (2010).
Atlanta is the capital and largest city in the state of Georgia. It ranks as the 37th-largest city in the United States, and the eighth-largest in the southeastern region. 2020 census results varied dramatically with previous Census Bureau estimates, counting a record 498,715 residents. Atlanta is the core city of the eighth most populous ...
Geography of Atlanta. The Geography of Atlanta encompasses 132.4 square miles (342.9 km 2), of which 131.7 square miles (341.1 km 2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2) is water. The city is situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, and at 1,050 feet (320 m) above mean sea level, Atlanta has the highest elevation among ...