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Old 06-26-2013, 01:20 PM
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I truly don't see people flocking to Atlanta just to ride it. JMHO
Nobody has ever made the suggestion that people will flock here to ride it. It's simply one more thing to do when you're here.
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Old 06-26-2013, 03:51 PM
 
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SkyView Atlanta to delay opening | www.ajc.com

You'd think there would be better records of utilities and such in the downtown area. The streetcar ran into similar issues.
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Old 06-26-2013, 09:46 PM
 
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nobody has ever made the suggestion that people will flock here to ride it. It's simply one more thing to do when you're here.
good there needs to be more stuff but what i do not like about the atl you got to pay for everything not a good hang out for free city
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Old 06-27-2013, 06:53 AM
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good there needs to be more stuff but what i do not like about the atl you got to pay for everything not a good hang out for free city
It is if you do your homework.
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Old 06-27-2013, 06:56 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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SkyView Atlanta to delay opening | www.ajc.com

You'd think there would be better records of utilities and such in the downtown area. The streetcar ran into similar issues.
That part of the city is over 200 years old. They did not keep records back then.
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Old 06-27-2013, 07:13 AM
 
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My daughter lives in central London and says that Londoners are generally quite supportive of the Eye. Parisians were initially critical of the Eiffel Tower and Louvre Pyramid.
I agree! I'm from London, lived there for 33 years until coming to the A.....and have never ONCE heard someone from London say they didn't like the London Eye.

I remember the excitement as it was being assembled by the Thames in 1999 and if I remember rightly it was never meant to be a permanent fixture BUT it proved so popular that there was no way it was coming down again.

If the Atlanta wheel could have even 20% of the impact of the London Eye I think it'll be a success.
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Old 06-27-2013, 07:13 AM
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That part of the city is over 200 years old. They did not keep records back then.
That's true, but it's a fair point in this case, since it's the utilities that power the Tabernacle. Those utilities were most likely updated or at least known about when they turned that church into the House of Blues in the '90s.
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Old 06-27-2013, 07:30 AM
 
Location: Kirkwood
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That's true, but it's a fair point in this case, since it's the utilities that power the Tabernacle. Those utilities were most likely updated or at least known about when they turned that church into the House of Blues in the '90s.
Electrical, maybe. But not sewer and water.
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Old 06-27-2013, 07:43 AM
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Electrical, maybe. But not sewer and water.
Right, but those aren't the cause of the delay.

"Construction crews discovered a bank of Georgia Power electrical ducts that could not be moved and had to be built around, authorities said."

In any case, I had no idea the plan was to have this thing built five days from now. That's nuts. I thought it wasn't going to be done for months.
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Old 06-27-2013, 08:59 PM
 
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I imagine once they get the foundation down putting the actual wheel up probably only takes a few days.
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