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Underground Atlanta. / 33.75274; -84.39008. Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, near the Five Points MARTA station. It is currently undergoing renovations.
- July 24, 1980
- Billionaires Funding Group
- 1980 (entertainment district), 2017 (lower level)
Underground Atlanta - "The City Beneath the Streets" - is a historic arts and entertainment district in the heart of Downtown Atlanta. The buildings comprising Underground Atlanta were constructed in 1866 around the Zero-mile Post located at the property, later becoming present day Atlanta. Underground has evolved from the Civil War era into ...
Jan 16, 2019 · In 1969 after nearly 40 years of abandonment, the area below was discovered by investors and turned into an entertainment district similar to NOLA’s French Quarter. Underground Atlanta was a hot spot until closing in the early 80s. It reopened as a mall in 1989 and will soon reopen again as mixed-use property. – Savanna Sweeney, The 100 ...
1836 – 1860: Atlanta Begins as a Railroad Town. The State of Georgia chartered a railroad to connect farming and cotton states to eastern markets and ports in 1836. A rail line was built between Atlanta and Chattanooga and 138-mile markers were placed. The Zero Milepost still stands next to Underground Atlanta today on the basement level of ...
Jan 7, 2009 · A Brief History of Underground Atlanta. Atlanta owes its very existence to the railroads. In 1839, when the city of Savannah was celebrating her 106th anniversary, Atlanta was little more than the dusty crossroads of two old Creek and Cherokee trading roads, one of which still exists today (in more or less its original form) as “Peachtree ...
The popular music club Masquerade relocated to Underground Atlanta in 2016, bringing its three indoor venues, Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. The famed music venue attracts over 200,000 concertgoers and event attendees per year. After a two-year hiatus, the New Year’s Eve Peach Drop returns to Underground Atlanta this year. Know Before You Go
Underground Atlanta, Inc. was officially incorporated on May 2, 1967, and it embarked on a mission to secure leasing options for buildings situated beneath Central Ave, Pryor, Whitehall, Hunter, Alabama, and Wall Street viaducts. By October 1967, Fuller and Paterson had acquired all the corporation’s stock, and construction commenced in ...
