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Flying Biscuit
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The Flying Biscuit is a great place for a Southern breakfast in Atlanta and there's probably one near you wherever you are in the city
02-20-2008
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Atlantic Station: Big Bat
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
This Pop Art looking column stands at Atlantic Station west of midtown in Atlanta Georgia
02-16-2008
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Atlantic Station
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlantic Station is an entirely new city built on the grounds of an old abandoned steel mill. This new city within the city of Atlanta has everything; clothing stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, theaters, apartments, homes
02-15-2008
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Photo of Atlanta Traffic at Night
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
This photo was taken in January of 2008
02-14-2008
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Huge Coke Sign in Atlanta
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The World of Coca-Cola Museum in Atlanta is the setting for this very large Coke sign
02-14-2008
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Gigantic Neon Coke Sign
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
This huge sign is located near the back of the Coke Museum in downtown Atlanta
02-14-2008
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High Museum of Art Atrium
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Exhibition banners hang from in the atrium of the Atlanta Museum of Art downtown
02-14-2008
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The Louvre in Atlanta
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Photo taken January 2008 in the lobby of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia
02-14-2008
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Modern Landscape: Shades of Gray
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The skyscrapers of Atlanta as seen through a window at the High Museum of Art in midtown
02-14-2008
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Minimalistic Study: White on White
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The High Museum of Art is a marvelous example of modern architecture and minimalistic design
02-14-2008
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Atlanta Botanical Gardens Orchid Center
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The Orchid Center was the biggest and best surprise of our Atlanta vacation in January of 2008. Part of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, the Fuqua Orchid Center holds one of the best orchid collections that we have ever seen
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The High Museum of Art
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The High Museum of Art is part of a mammoth 12 acre arts complex known as the Woodruff Arts Center
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Canoe Restaurant
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Canoe won over our hearts on our recent vacation in Atlanta. Chef Carvel Grant Gould and Pastry Chef Robyn Mayo served us some great dishes. We can't wait to get back to Atlanta and see what they are up to next
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Atlanta Popular Attractions: The Aquarium
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The Georgia Aquarium, #1 on our Best of Atlanta List, gets no respect from some visitors
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Atlanta Symphony Store
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The Atlanta Symphony Store in Midtown Atlanta is a great place to find gifts for anyone on your list that loves classical music
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Flying Biscuit
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The Flying Biscuit is a great place for a Southern breakfast in Atlanta and there's probably one near you wherever you are in the city
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Georgia Aquarium
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
The largest aquarium in the world, located in the center of downtown Atlanta Georgia, is a wonder to behold. It is great educational entertainment for the entire family; Mom, Dad, the children, Grandma and Grandpa. It is not to be missed if you are
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Room Restaurant at Hotel Twelve
Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Room is an incredible modern bar and restaurant near the Marta station, and a few blocks from the Coke Museum and the Georgia Aquarium
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Atlantic Station
Atlantic Station is an entirely new city built on the grounds of an old abandoned steel mill. This new city within the city of Atlanta has everything; clothing stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, theaters, apartments, homes and public transportation and municipal parks.
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Atlantic Station is an entirely new city built on the grounds of an old steel mill. This new city within the city of Atlanta has everything; clothing stores, furniture stores, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, theaters, apartments, homes, public transportation and municipal parks.
Atlantic Station was chosen for our Best of Atlanta list because of the strength of the concept and the design. This development is much more than a strip mall disguised as Main Street in a small American town:* It is a real community with commercial, residential and recreation space. The place has a great sense of scale, where the streets and the stores and the residences above all relate to each other beautifully.
It feels like a city that has been there for a long time. When we were there, the streets, the restaurants and the stores were all vibrant. There is a great positive energy to Atlantic Station and that is something that doesn’t always come as an automatic byproduct of great design and great planning. People have to respond to that design and accept it, so that it can thrive. That seems to have happened here and the entire city of Atlanta is richer for it.
The project cost more than two billion dollars and the planning began more than a decade ago. This 138 acre project includes; six million square feet of office space, two million square feet of retail space for stores, theaters and restaurants and 11 acres of parks. In addition to this it includes at least 3,000 homes and/or apartments, 1,000 hotel rooms.
Our favorite store at Atlantic Station was West Elm, a furniture and home decor store. Other notable retailers at Atlantic Station are: Dillard's Department Store, Target, Banana Republic, Gap, Bosa Nova Med Spa, A T + T, IKEA and Publix.
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*Note*
In a town down the road from us here in New Jersey, a new development has just been built behind Bridgewater Commons Mall. The new development is gorgeous, but it feels just like an upscale version of a small town somewhere, anywhere in America, which of course it isn’t, it’s just a new gussied up form of a strip mall. Like I said, it is beautifully done. You can see it online here. [see Village at Bridgewater Commons]
*Photo Credit*
Photo above is from Atlantic Station's Central Park, taken in 2005 by Scott Ehardt and posted on Wikipedia.
171 17th Street, Suite 1650
Atlanta Atlanta 30363
Georgia
404-876-2616
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