I just found this dashboard video of Downtown and Midtown from the 80's on the blog Return To Atlanta (
http://returntoatl.blogspot.com/).
Midtown shows up 3/4 way through, but you would be hard-pressed to identify more than 5-6 buildings that are still standing today.
Midtown looks incredibly rough, and resembles the southside of downtown.
enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsmZg1hjaYU&feature=player_embedded