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Monday, March 16, 2009

The Greek temple on Atlanta's Ellis Street is a parking deck!!

From the corner of Forsyth and Peachtree street architecture tourists see this vision of a gleaming white Greek temple with colossal , closely spaced columns. It's the parking lot for the 191 Peachtree Building. It's on Ellis Street Right behind the Ritz Carlton.
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This is from the Downtown library looking northeast.

Here we are on Ellis Street. Still looks like a temple, doesn't it?
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This is the Peachtree Center Avenue facade.
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It's the best parking deck in Atlanta. It is better than the 191 Building? That's the tall building that belongs to the parking lot.
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While you are on Ellis go one more block east to look at this beauty at 54 Ellis Street.
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I don't know the name of this building. At some point it was the Southern Territorial Headquarters building for the Salvation Army and later the Atlanta Union Mission.
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6 comments:

  1. Hill Country House GirlMarch 16, 2009 at 9:13 PM

    Hi terry - thanks for your visit to hill country house today. Your blog looks fun - now I can look around Atlanta (and anywhere else you visit) and not have to wait to drive around!Great post - I'll be back!

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  2. Hill Country House GirlMarch 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    Me again - I love it that you want the painted cupboard in "another life". I refer to things all the time as "in my next life"!!

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  3. ArchitectDesign™March 17, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    if you're going to make a parking deck,for a custom one, it's very little extra money to make it look pretty! It's when it comes to those 'kit' buildings that they're eye sores! I like this version!

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  4. B KingMarch 18, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    I have known that building as simply the Salvation Army building - I saw a sales flyer for it a few years ago, but I'm not sure what happened with the sale. It is a pretty little building, though. I'm glad you got some good pictures of it!

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  5. Things That InspireMarch 18, 2009 at 7:26 PM

    Next time I venture into this neck of the woods, I am going to go see these two buildings for myself. The parking deck is great, and the door of the Salvation Army building is a really distinguished.

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  6. CiambellinaApril 21, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    I just love the things you find!

    I wonder why this style of parking deck does not proliferate -- ?? Yes I know it's probably more expensive than the traditional ugly ones, but some of these developers seem to have money to burn (or they did before the fall).

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