Views of Atlanta

Eryn Boone
LAB Atlanta Field Notes
4 min readMay 17, 2019

Created by: Eryn Elyse Boone

Jackson Street Bridge: Great View of the City Skyline.
Mercedes Benz Stadium: Home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United! This new stadium seats 71,000 people and had a construction cost of 6 billion.
National Center For Civil and Human Rights: Recently Opened in 2014.
Slutty Vegan: Vegan Burger Restaurant that began as a truck, but became very popular to Atlanta. Founded in 2018 by Pinky Cole.
Spelman and Morehouse College: Two Very Well-Known HBCUs.
Olympic Rings in Centennial Park: The Olympics were held in ATL in 1996.
Two Murals on Edgewood Ave: 25 Most Popular Instagram Spots in Atlanta (#5 & # 16) https://localadventurer.com/best-instagram-spots-in-atlanta/
Krog Street Tunnel: Lots of local artist create graffiti in this tunnel. The city promotes art in this designated area.
SkyView Atlanta: 20- story high ferris wheel located in Centennial Park
Jake’s Ice cream founded in 1999.
Georgia Aquarium and Children’s Museum of Atlanta: Two Main Children Attractions in Atlanta.
Ebenezer Baptist Church and Martin Luther King Center. Dr.King and Coretta Scott King are both buried at the King Center.
Oakland Cemetery: Maynard Jackson and Margaret Mitchell are buried here!
Municipal Market on Sweet Auburn Avenue was founded in 1918 and was the local grocery store for many families in the neighborhood.
High Museum (1905): This museum is the leading museum in the Southeast. It had over 500,000 visitors in 2010.
Georgia State Capitol
Atlanta Beltline: A 22-mile stretch around Atlanta’s Perimeter. Its scenic bike jogging paths feed into some of the best eateries and shops around the city.
Piedmont Park: One of the Largest Park in Atlanta.
Grady High School: The public school located in the center of Midtown. (I attend this school!)
CNN Center (1987)- The Cable News Network is broadcasted 24/7.
The Bridge on Bell street under the Connector. Many of the Auburn Avenue people who are experiencing homelessness settle here.
Fox Theater: The Fox Theater opened in 1929 and was originally a movie palace. Ever since 1975, it has been used for plays, movies, concerts, and more.

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