Atlanta, An Olympic City 15 Years Later (PHOTOS)

gadling.com:

Fifteen years have passed since Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic torch, Kerri Strug landed her heroic single-footed vault and Eric Robert Rudolph detonated a pipe bomb in downtown Atlanta, during the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. Well-considered development for the event has since transformed the city, which continues to draw new residents, start-up businesses and flights to Hartsfield-Jackson, the world's busiest airport since 1998. In the last fifteen years, Atlanta has become the south's booming, sprawling capital and an example of what urban development can achieve--and not achieve--over the long term.

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Comments

[GraphicMatt]

10:58 AM on 08/01/2011

Was up in the ATL a couple weeks ago. Had a blast. Piedmont Park, the Botanical Gardens, the High Museum.....certainly a good time.

[garystartswithg]

10:21 AM on 08/01/2011

living in atlanta, that article is embarrassingly awkward. i left and moved back because Atlanta is moving forward on a lot of things that other people (the state of FL especially) can't figure out how to do.
our last mayor was pretty remarkable in the expansion of public works that she put forward. if our current mayor can do 1/2 the job she did we will be very fortunate.

[sbmulqueen]

01:39 PM on 08/01/2011

I was not a Reed supporter but I am now. He is strong, capable and really doing some great things. Hopefully between him and Davis, they can salvage APS' reputation!