ADP Blog: Atlanta, Georgia

Every city is beautiful in its own way and Atlanta is no different; the architecture is magnificent, the public art is beautiful, and the people are friendly.

At 1,024 ft, Bank of America Atlanta is the 6th tallest building in the US. It's also Georgia's tallest building, and the tallest building in any U.S. state capital. It has 55 stories of office space and was completed in 1992.

Bank of America view from Olympic Park

This is probably my favorite building in Atlanta, 1180 Peach Tree. It is the world’s first pre-certified LEED-CS building and winner of many major awards and recognitions.

1180 Peach Tree

Luxury condos popping up along Peachtree Street

Moorish design Fox Theather

AT&T World Headquarter in Atlanta

The Fox Theatre (often marketed as the Fabulous Fox), a former movie palace, is a performing arts venue located at 660 Peachtree Street NE in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, and is the centerpiece of the Fox Theatre Historic District.

In 1925, Margaret Mitchell and her husband John Marsh moved into apt. 1 where she wrote her pulitzer-prize winning novel Gone with the Wind.

Did you know that the headquarter of Coca Cola is in Atlanta, Georgia?

Centenial Olympic Park 1996

Did you know that CNN is also headquartered in Atlanta?

The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest aquarium housing more than 120,000 animal. It was funded mostly by a $250 million donation from Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. It's built on the north site of Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta.

Carnegie Education Pavillion, Architect: Jova/Daniels/Busby

This beaux-arts pavilion was created from the intricate facade of the downtown Carnegie Central Library, which was built in 1901 and demolished in 1977 to make way for the Fulton County Library that now stands at that site.

The pavilion is located in the newly refurbished Hardy Ivy Park at the northern termination of Peachtree Street downtown before it turns northeastward at Baker Street.

The Rites of Spring by Elbert Weinberg (1928-1991)

"The River Sings" by Richard Taylor 2009

World Events by Tony Cragg, 1996. Commissioned by the Scott Hudgens Family on behalf of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games Cultural Olympiad.