On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > Only the actual city limits, not the metro area and not as long ago > as the Civil War. The balance tipped in the late sixties and early > seventies with white flight from the areas around Grant Park, and West > End. With gentrification over the last 20 years, some of it has > tipped back. > > I've had family in Atlanta since before it was a city. My mother's > ancestors farmed where the Richard Russell Federal Building is now. > They donated the land for the construction of the railroad station and > moved to Clayton County. The rail station was torn down and the > Federal building built on the spot.
I'm glad Ray brought this thread back to the top of my mailbox. That's interesting stuff. If I were to drop a pin into the "center" of downtown Atlanta, that building might be where I'd drop it. There is still a ton of rail in Atlanta, including a line that runs directly beneath CNN Center. Sometime you can feel the floor vibrate in the food court as the train goes by underneath. This doesn't seem all that odd in a city like New York, but in Atlanta it is. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321337 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
