Architecture and Historic Districts
In the early 1980s, Midtown Atlanta was a blighted area mainly consisting of parking lots. By 1987, One Atlantic Center was built on the corner of West Peachtree Street and 14th Street, which kick-started the redevelopment of the area. Some contemporary buildings of note are:
- High Museum of Art by Richard Meier and Renzo Piano
- One Atlantic Center by Phillip Johnson
- 1100 Peachtree
- 1180 Peachtree
- AT&T Midtown Center
- Bank of America Plaza
- Four Seasons Hotel
- Promenade II
- Spire
- ViewPoint
- 1010 Midtown
In the area surrounding Peachtree Street, very little of the original architecture was preserved. Some of the notable exceptions listed on the National Register of Historic Places include the Margaret Mitchell House, Rhodes Hall, Edward C. Peters House, and the Academy of Medicine.
Historic districts include the Fox Theatre Historic District and Historic Midtown, and both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Fox Theatre Historic District comprises the Fox Theatre (Oliver Vinour et al., 1929), William Lee Stoddart's Georgian Terrace Hotel (1911), Stoddart's Italianate Ponce de Leon Apartments (1913), and the Cox-Carlton Hotel (1925). Historic Midtown, which includes most of Midtown east of Piedmont Avenue, is noted for its bungalows and Queen Anne style houses.
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