- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Centennial Olympic Park
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph by Wikimedia
- Date of Original:
- 2010
- Subject:
- Urban parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Fountains--Georgia--Atlanta
Skyscrapers--Georgia--Atlanta
Tall buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Children--Georgia--Atlanta
Parks--Georgia--Atlanta
Flags--Georgia--Atlanta
Olympic Games (26th : 1996 : Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Centennial Olympic Park, one of the most enduring legacies of the 1996 Olympic Games, was carved out of a blighted area in downtown Atlanta. The twenty-one-acre swath of greenspace and bricks was closed after the games, redesigned for permanent use, then reopened in 1998.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/olympic-games-in-1996/centennial-olympic-park-panorama_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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