Downtown Atlanta A Neighborhood Video - Live the Life Series
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About Downtown Atlanta
Downtown Atlanta is the heart of the sprawling Metro Atlanta area and home to one of the largest business districts in the Southeast. The downtown area, with its numerous tourist attractions, entertainment centers, restaurants, hotels, and business sectors attracts millions of tourists every year while supporting hundreds of thousands of residents and business professionals on a daily basis.
History
The Downtown Atlanta area traces its roots back to 1826, when railroad surveyors began looking for a route between Milledgeville and Chattanooga. As a result of this survey and railroad construction, a town named Terminus was founded in 1837 in what is now Downtown Atlanta. In 1842, the thirty citizens of Terminus voted to change the town’s name to Marthasville in honor of then Governor Lumpkin’s daughter, Martha. Just five years later, in 1847, the town again changed names and became Atlanta.
The original downtown area had just seven streets: Peachtree Street, Whitehall Street, Marietta Street, Decatur Street, Pryor Street, Loyd Street (now Central Avenue), and Alabama Street.
Business
Downtown Atlanta has grown significantly since those early days, and is now one of the largest business districts in the country with over 22 million square feet of office space. Because of the city’s central location, several of the nation’s top fortune 500 companies, including Coca-Cola and CNN, have their headquarters in Downtown Atlanta. In addition, Downtown Atlanta is home to the largest skyscraper in the U.S. outside of New York and Chicago - the Bank of America Plaza building.
Attractions
Alongside many of the city’s top companies are major attractions and exhibits that draw millions of tourists and visitors to the bustling Downtown Atlanta area every year. From the Coca Cola museum to the Georgia Aquarium and the CNN studio tours, there are numerous popular attractions all within walking distance of one another which makes touring Downtown Atlanta easy and accessible.
Shopping
Downtown Atlanta is located in close proximity to many popular shopping destinations that bring locals and visitors together on a daily basis to experience the best shopping in the city. Some of the popular nearby shopping malls include Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza as well as Atlantic Station.
Hotels
Nearly every well-known hotel chain has a location in Downtown Atlanta. If you are looking for a more unique experience, the downtown area is home to some unique boutique hotels that offer a one-of-a-kind experience to travelers and locals alike.
Sports and Entertainment
Atlanta is home to several of the nation’s top sports teams and venues including the Hawks NBA basketball team, the Braves MLB baseball team, the Thrashers NHL hockey team and the Falcons NFL football team. The Phillips Arena (Thrashers, Hawks), Turner Field (Braves) and the Georgia Dome (Falcons) are not only home field for Atlanta’s sports teams but also double as top entertainment venues for concerts, shows and performances.
Colleges and Universities
Several major college campuses are located in Downtown Atlanta. Georgia Tech and Georgia State reside in the heart of Downtown Atlanta, adding a youthful flair to the area during the school year.
Transportation
Atlanta is home to Hartsfield Jackson International, which is the main hub of Delta Airlines and also the busiest airport in the nation. There are numerous transportation options for travelers looking to get to and from the city, including rental car, taxi, shuttle bus, and MARTA. MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) is Atlanta’s public transportation and runs trains from the airport to several stops in Downtown Atlanta and many places throughout Metro Atlanta at affordable rates. MARTA also runs city busses with routes throughout downtown and metro Atlanta. For those travelers with cars, interstates 75 and 85 intersect Downtown Atlanta and interstate 285 forms a ring around the downtown area.
A world-class modern and historic city
From its humble roots as the last stop on a railroad route, to one of the nation’s most popular southern destinations, Downtown Atlanta has evolved into a world class city that is sure to capture the heart of every traveler and resident of this modern and historic world-class city.
ATLANTA IS MY HOMETOWN I LOVE ATLANTA!!!!!
Atlanta is my city Beautiful city ATL!
I LOVE ATLANTA. I REALLY DO. TE AMO ATLANTA.
Time Square of the South!!! That's going to be beautiful
I love Atlanta❤️
iLove Atlanta
Why?
Love my city 💕💯
It’s a 10 minute drive to the city, my friends wanna make a life in Atlanta one day in 2025
Come on to ATL. We'll see you 2025
I want to go back home. I miss ATL.
l lived in Buckhead one block away from the Lenox mall....Humid hotlanta even though it snows every now and then during the winter
My city loving the A
😁😁😁😁😁😗😗😗 Atlanta
Time square south? It’s 4 years now that’s passed. Where’s it at? Lol
"Take a right on Peachtree next to a Waffle House."
-Georgia directions
Haha. Yup. Pretty much.
My favourite thing about Atlanta is watching the homicide investigations on The First 48.
Lovely video ... for the sake of accurate representation, perhaps the shots of midtown sky line could be edited out.
I was thinking the same thing.
1:09
Dallas is bigger when u look at it
Who cares?
One Observer u do since u relied 3 years late😂
@@simplymakayla3327 Not really. Dallas doesn't interest me. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure Dallas is a beautiful city. It just seems to me that when people compare cities, it's like they are trying to take away from the beauty that is that city. For example, Charlotte. N.C. is a beautiful city. What difference does it make if some other city is larger or not? When you get right down to it, unless you live in New York City, all cities could be compared to another city.
One Observer Atlanta don’t impress me at all
@@simplymakayla3327 We don't care.
Miami down town is much better looking than Atlanta and more mordern.
NO ITS NOT
miami is shit
Miami downtown has only a thing that defines it, over 400 homeless people living in a square mile. I live in Miami and have been in Downtown a couple times only for it has nothing to offer.
yes it is downtown miami is bigger than downtown atlanta more people living in downtown miami than downtown atlanta
@@jerrydavis3548 correction downtown Atlanta has the third-largest city center of any major city follow by Chicago then New York