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Old 07-10-2009, 05:37 PM
 
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Cool shots! Keep 'em coming!

Say, isn't the city of Atlanta city limits within some type of national forest or such? I thought I had heard/read that somewhere before.

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Chattahoochee National Recreation Area. It's a real gem that many local residents don't even know about.
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Old 07-10-2009, 11:32 PM
 
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I am loving these pics! I can't wait to move there next summer. Please keep posting them so that I can get my Atlanta fix!!
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Old 07-11-2009, 04:25 PM
 
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Atlanta looks great! I love how there are so many trees around so many buildings. I'm looking forward to going to college in Atlanta soon .
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Old 07-12-2009, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Marietta, Georgia
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Great pictures guys. Greg I'm glad you added the Vortex. Also, you pictures of Dahlonega make the town look very inviting and fun to be around the Christmas season. That place is such a cool design on the outside. I went there last week for trivia night. I plan to go every tuesday night now. Will, I think I'm going to check out that Ghetto Burger it sounds interesting. And Will, that snow shot is lovely.
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Old 07-19-2009, 11:58 PM
 
Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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Default Atlanta 1985....

I just found some old film negatives I had in a box. Hooked up the long-unused scanner and did some film strip scanning. So the quality isn't so hot when you add negative film scans with 24 year old strips. Ugh.

Anyway, I believe I took this shot 1 year after moving to Atlanta, so it was around 1985. Note... almost no Midtown skyline yet, and what was then known as the IBM building wasn't even completed. No Nationsbank building or any of the other now landmark Midtown and downtown stuff for the most part.

This was also a time when you could drive through the downtown connector area during rush hour AT THE SPEED LIMIT. :-P

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Old 07-31-2009, 02:06 PM
 
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Wow, that surely is the old Atlanta, atlantagreg30127.

Although I am not from there ( I may be moving there in October for a job), was Atlanta in the mid-1980s more like Charlotte is now? (I don't mean to offend Charlotteans) A city and metropolitan area that was really starting to find its way, and take off as a regional anchor, thus attracting people from across the nation and globe? All of these downtown photos are making me excited about moving to the ATL!!
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Old 07-31-2009, 11:34 PM
 
Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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Wow, that surely is the old Atlanta, atlantagreg30127.

Although I am not from there ( I may be moving there in October for a job), was Atlanta in the mid-1980s more like Charlotte is now? (I don't mean to offend Charlotteans) A city and metropolitan area that was really starting to find its way, and take off as a regional anchor, thus attracting people from across the nation and globe? All of these downtown photos are making me excited about moving to the ATL!!
If you do a search in the Atlanta room and possibly the city vs city room under General U.S., you'll find some older thread about the "Charlotte today compared to Atlanta then" kind of stuff. Yes, in 1984 Atlanta was pretty much on par with the way Charlotte is today, give or take, and with a few differences. Check out those rooms for the topics as we're trying to keep this one as pics and discussion of pics only, but you'll find what you're looking for if you look around.
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Old 08-10-2009, 03:16 AM
 
Location: Winnetka, IL & Rolling Hills, CA
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Does anyone have any pictures of communities like Suwanee, Duluth, Roswell, or Alpharetta?
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Old 08-10-2009, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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ill be visiting again for the first time in 8 years. i'm excited. anyone been up to that restaurant at the top of the westin? i think i'm going to try to have a drink or something i can afford up there just to see the city from up there.

what a gorgeous city. it's like raleigh in 75 years ;-)
i'd be too optimistic to hope that the homeless people issue downtown has improved any?
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Old 08-10-2009, 01:31 PM
 
Location: West Cobb County, GA (Atlanta metro)
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ill be visiting again for the first time in 8 years. i'm excited. anyone been up to that restaurant at the top of the westin? i think i'm going to try to have a drink or something i can afford up there just to see the city from up there.
It's called the Sundial Restaurant. "Decent" food, but good atmosphere. Bring the American Express card.
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