- Collection:
- Cotten Alston Photographs, 1972-1998, undated
- Title:
- Atlanta, Downtown
- Creator:
- Alston, Cotten (Robert Cotten), 1945-
- Date of Original:
- 1989
- Subject:
- Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
People--Georgia--Atlanta
Shopping centers--Georgia--Atlanta
Restaurants--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta
Underground Atlanta (Atlanta, Ga.)
Dante's Down the Hatch (Atlanta, Ga.)
Coca-Cola Company - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
Upper Alabama Street (Atlanta, Ga.) - Medium:
- color transparencies
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of people in Underground Atlanta, a shopping center located on 50 Upper Alabama Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.
In the 1920’s a viaduct was built over Alabama street to help relieve traffic congestion. The old Alabama street was named Lower Alabama Street and the new street created over the viaduct was named Upper Alabama Street. Businesses moved their shops to the upper level and the lower level was mostly neglected. In 1968 the area was declared a historic site and in 1969 Underground Atlanta opened in Lower Alabama Street as an entertainment district. The district was closed in 1980 due to rampant crime but revitalized and reopened in 1989. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 247.004.039
ahc0247004039 - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/p17222coll2/id/969
- Extent:
- 35 mm
- Original Collection:
- Cotten Alston photographs, Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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