A VERY Warm Monday in Midtown Atlanta: 1/7/2008

[sabino86]

I'm back, and with a vengeance ;)

Here we go...

Midtown form 17th and Northside Drive
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331023_2908.jpg

Downtown from 17th and Bishop Streets
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331024_3182.jpg

Midtown from same location
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331025_3401.jpg

Atlantic Station
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331026_3638.jpg

Millennium Arch STILL under construction :yuck:
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331027_3866.jpg

Lookee here...
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331028_4153.jpg

It's The Atlantic!
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331029_4383.jpg

TWELVE Atlantic Station
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331030_4619.jpg

Another View of the Arch
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331031_4856.jpg

The Atlantic again
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331032_5129.jpg

The LAST HOLE in Atlantic Station
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331033_5587.jpg

BB&T Tower base
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331034_5853.jpg

Dueling cranes
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331035_6111.jpg

Side View of The Atlantic
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331036_6351.jpg

201 17th and Wachovia buildings
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331037_6852.jpg

Another view of the hole
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331038_7369.jpg

Urbanity and Suburbia collide...
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331039_7621.jpg

The Atlantic from 16th Street
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331040_7868.jpg

14th and State Streets
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331041_8112.jpg

14th Street looking east
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331042_8525.jpg

Widening of the Downtown Connector
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331043_8776.jpg

14th Street Bridge... :rolleyes:
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331044_9042.jpg

Traffic moving unusually fast on the Connector
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331045_9385.jpg

The Atlantic Center complex
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331046_9717.jpg

14th Street reconstruction
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331047_34.jpg

One Atlantic Center. Rules. :cheers:
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331048_318.jpg

Um, yeah...
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331049_575.jpg

1180 Peachtree
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331050_876.jpg

W Conversion @ Colony Square
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331051_1134.jpg

The Mayfair Condos
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331052_1403.jpg

Phase II of 12th and Midtown
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331053_1659.jpg

This jackass could not drive
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331054_2497.jpg

999 Peachtree
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331055_3246.jpg

Peachtree Street lookin' good :tup:
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331056_3508.jpg

Urbanity in Midtown
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331057_3771.jpg

Sewer construction at 10th and Piedmont
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331058_4074.jpg

Piedmont Park while driving
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331059_4343.jpg

Downtown from Piedmont Park
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331060_4604.jpg

Midtown from Piedmont Park
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331061_4868.jpg

7th-10th Street Cluster coming into its own
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331062_5126.jpg

Nice contrast
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331063_5378.jpg

Clutter on Williams Street :yuck:
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331064_5639.jpg

Construction of the 17th Street exit on the Connector
http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331065_5892.jpg

Going home...
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331066_6317.jpg

[mayhem]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing :D

[MarketsWork]

[QUOTE=sabino86;32661]Nice contrast
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331063_5378.jpg

Excellent work, sabino86 -- and thanks. I got a real charge out of this photo... :haha:

[Andrea]

Sabino, excellent photos, thank you!! :tup:

I cannot help but notice, however, that the streets are utterly devoid of people. Despite all our efforts to provide sidewalks, streetscapes, trees, parks, retail, etc., there's nary a soul in sight. It gives our city an almost post-apocalyptic look. Where’d everyone go?

[sprtsluvr8]

Sabino, excellent photos, thank you!! :tup:

I cannot help but notice, however, that the streets are utterly devoid of people. Despite all our efforts to provide sidewalks, streetscapes, trees, parks, retail, etc., there's nary a soul in sight. It gives our city an almost post-apocalyptic look. Where’d everyone go?

Sometimes the photographer will try to avoid getting random folks in the photos, because the purpose is to photograph buildings and construction.
And also a couple of the areas pictured are not big pedestrian centers, but then again Atlanta isn't traditionally a big pedestrian city either. Could any of these be part of the reason we don't see people?

[Andrea]

Sometimes the photographer will try to avoid getting random folks in the photos, because the purpose is to photograph buildings and construction.
And also a couple of the areas pictured are not big pedestrian centers, but then again Atlanta isn't traditionally a big pedestrian city either. Could any of these be part of the reason we don't see people?

Heh. Well, I certainly don't expect to see anyone strolling down the connector, but I would have thought we'd have a few pedestrians out and about in places like Peachtree in the heart of midtown, on 14th Street, at 10th and Piedmont, in Piedmont Park or Atlantic Station. Especially on such a beautiful day.

But perhaps you are right that we're simply not a big pedestrian city. I tend to think of Atlanta in the 1970s and 80s, when there were throngs of people walking about. I guess I need to crawl out of my time capsule.

:hmmm:

[wxjay]

Widening of the Downtown Connector
http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331043_8776.jpg
I believe that this is part of the 14th Street Bridge Project, not actual widening of the connector. At least, that is what I read online.

[(four 0 four)]

Nice photos...thanks for the tour!

[atl2phx]

great pics sabino - thanks for sharing!

this one is a beauty - nice composition (and minimal powerlines :yes: )

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v167/2/92/22608885/n22608885_33331025_3401.jpg

[gttx]

I believe that this is part of the 14th Street Bridge Project, not actual widening of the connector. At least, that is what I read online.

It's actually....both :)

[sabino86]

Sometimes the photographer will try to avoid getting random folks in the photos, because the purpose is to photograph buildings and construction.
And also a couple of the areas pictured are not big pedestrian centers, but then again Atlanta isn't traditionally a big pedestrian city either. Could any of these be part of the reason we don't see people?


That was the intention, otherwise I would have added some eye candy if you know what I mean. ;)

[Stratosphere 2020]

Sabino, excellent photos, thank you!! :tup:

I cannot help but notice, however, that the streets are utterly devoid of people. Despite all our efforts to provide sidewalks, streetscapes, trees, parks, retail, etc., there's nary a soul in sight. It gives our city an almost post-apocalyptic look. Where’d everyone go?


I agree, looks like something hit Atlanta and the city is a ghost town all of a sudden. :)

Great picture, Atlanta is a beauty.