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51 Peachtree Center Avenue 12

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Front facade of the Southern Bell Telephone Company Building.

More views of the front entrance (and see my gallery for even more):



Background
Designed by the same folks who later did the Fabulous Fox Theater about a mile north, the first six stories were built in 1929. It was supposed to be 25 stories but then the Depression hit and construction was halted. It started up again in the 40s and resumed in the 60s... and then later a horrible microwave tower (shown in a couple of these shots) was added. So basically you have this nicely shaped 16-story building with lots of fab details on the bottoms floors and then a rather plain look further up. The whole thing is clad in sandstone. It's still in use today -- by AT&T. More info on Wikipedia: [link]
Image size
1536x2048px 1.81 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SD1000
Shutter Speed
1/501 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
6 mm
ISO Speed
160
Date Taken
Oct 8, 2011, 4:43:07 PM
Sensor Size
4mm
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