- Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs
- Title:
- Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, circa 1976
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Cityscapes
Hotels--Georgia--Atlanta
Office buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel (Atlanta, Ga.)
Peachtree Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Fisherman's Cove (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Andrew Young International Boulevard, 33.759648, -84.383096
United States, Georgia, Atlanta, Cain Street, 33.75954, -84.373185
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View looking west at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel (background, center), Peachtree Center (background, right), and Fisherman's Cove (foreground, right) looking west on Cain Street (now Andrew Young International Boulevard) in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel was designed and built by John Portman & Associates and completed in 1976. When it was built it was the tallest hotel in the world standing at 73 floors or 723 ft. The Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel is located on Peachtree Street on the former location of the Henry Grady Hotel which was demolished to make way for the Westin. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 101.786.001
ahc101786001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/byd/id/1387
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/byd:1387/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: MSS 602, Boyd Lewis Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Extent:
- 35 mm black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Boyd Lewis Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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