Center Street Apartments are apartment-style residence halls at Georgia Tech. They opened in 1995 as housing for the athletes and journalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA as a part of the Olympic Village.
The Apartments are separated into 2 buildings which are known as either North or South. North houses 160 residents and South houses 192. Together, the Center Street Apartments originally cost $14,024,000 to construct and was designed by John Portman & Associates. John Portman is a famous alumnus of the university, graduating from Georgia Tech in 1950.
Coordinates: 33°46′41.75″N 84°24′13.33″W / 33.7782639°N 84.4037028°W / 33.7782639; -84.4037028
Famous quotes containing the words center and/or street:
“There is nothing more natural than to consider everything as starting from oneself, chosen as the center of the world; one finds oneself thus capable of condemning the world without even wanting to hear its deceitful chatter.”
—Guy Debord (b. 1931)
“Christopher Cross: You shouldn’t be alone in the street so late at night.
Kitty March: I was coming home from work.
Christopher Cross: You work this late?
Kitty March: Mmm, hmmm.
Christopher Cross: What do you do?
Kitty March: Guess.
Christopher Cross: You’re an actress.
Kitty March: Oh, you are clever!”
—Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)