So you think you know Atlanta!? (part 2)

(four 0 four) · #1 Posted **May 12, 2008, 9:13 PM**

About a year ago I posted several pictures of the city with corresponding questions...here's the 2008 version.
I'll add the answers underneath the picture when they are correctly guessed. I hope you enjoy!

1) This mess was located on the front lawn of an instution with locations in 2 other cities...name them.

Lacoste FR and Savannah (SCAD)

2) Name the building and architect.

Hyatt Downtown, Portman

3) What well-known celebrity lives here?

Jane Fonda

4) What is this building's nickname? Bonus-there is a special feature over each of the fireplaces...name it.

The Castle. Fireplace guess?

5) What is this building's purpose?

Hotel (good catch)

6) Who donated this art piece?

Truet Cathy (Chick-Fil-A)

7) Who was the architect of this project?

Kevin Roche, Rivinia at Perimeter Center

8) What famous restaurant was located in this building?

Coach & Six

9) Name this building.

Concorde condominiums in Buckhead

10) What is the name of this development?

Capitol Gateway (between I-20 and Memorial Drive)

11) Where is this (way too easy!)?

GA Aquarium

12) What happened here?

Joel Chandler home, Uncle Remus Tales.

13) Where is this located?

The Omni

14) What unusual architectural feature is on this building?

Big arching roof, Pinnacle in Buckhead

15) Where are these...where were these?

Was: Marriott Marquis, Is: ADAC on P-tree Hills Ave

16) Name the 2 buildings shown in this picture.

PromenadeII and 1180 Peachtree

17) Who lives here?

Joe Patten (Phantom of the Fox)

18) Name the building's (former) purpose.

State Archives, Records

19) Name the architectural firm.

Scogin, Elam & Bray (Buckhead Library)

20) What business provided the $$$ to build this place?

Rhodes Furniture (Rhodes Hall at P'tree and P'tree Circle)

21) Where is this?

Visitor's Center in Piedmont Park (12st entrance)

22) This keeps people dry outside of what building?

High Museum

23) What and where is this?

Mausoleum at weswtview Cemetery

24) Where is this building located?

Emory University

25) What is this?

Cobb Energy Arts Center

26) Name a famous item in a vault in this building.

Caca-Cola recipe

27) This building is located on what historic street? Bonus-name the building.

Auburn Avenue, Odd Fellows Building

28) Where is this?

14th Street mosque

29) These used to be part of what building?

Carnegie Library

30) Where do these tracks lead?

Up the side of 1180 Peachtree

31) There are 3 different building in this photo...name them.

Atlanta Financial Center, Sovereign & Blue Cross Bldg (not official name)

32) What feature is on the roof?

Belvederes

33) Downtown, Midtown, Buckhead, Decatur or Perimeter?

Buckhead (Aaron Building)

34) Just inside the door to this building, there are shelves for what?

Shoes

35) What could they have been thinking when they built this? Sorry, name the building.

12 Centennial Park condos & hotel

36) What name will soon be on this building's exterior?

Hotel Indigo, downtown

37) What is here now?

Vacant lot (where One Musuem will/is supposed to go)

38) Name the gallery that will locate here.

Lowe gallery (Peachtree Pointe)

39) These pigeons are getting a birds-eye view of what?

Grady High School

40) Where is this?

World of Coke

41) What animal took up residence on the building's exterior? (hint, it was not a rat)

Falcon

42) Name the building.

First Church of Christ, Scientist (15th & P'tree)

43) Where is this located?

The oval in Piedmont Park

44) Name the paved surfaces on both sides of this sculpture.

Boulevard and Freedom Parkway

45) Name the building.

Imperial Hotel

46) What distinctive feature is part of this building?

Giant peach

47) What restaurant is to the east of this building?

The Varsity-KFC (now that you mention it, I think there is one there...I was thinking of JR Crickets)

48) This is located outside of what building?

Central Library

49) What happens here?

Conventions, GWCC

50) Name the building.

Flatiron

Same scoring as last time...
41-50 Correct:
Congratulations! You're either very observant, Shirley Franklin or employed by the Chamber of Commerce.

31-40 Correct:
You get around...and I mean that only in the nicest possible sense of the phrase.

21-30 Corect:
You either just moved here or are under 10 years old.

0-20 Correct:
You need to lock up the double-wide and get out more often!

civilexpert · #2 Posted **May 12, 2008, 9:23 PM**

congrats.. this is the most annoying post I've ever seen.

trainiac · #3 Posted **May 13, 2008, 3:31 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by (four 0 four)

About a year ago I posted several pictures of the city with corresponding questions...here's the 2008 version.
I'll add the answers underneath the picture when they are correctly guessed. I hope you enjoy!

1) This mess was located on the front lawn of an instution with locations in 2 other cities...name them.
SCAD

2) Name the building and architect.
Hyatt/Portman

3) What well-known celebrity lives here?
Jane Fonda

4) What is this building's nickname? Bonus-there is a special feature over each of the fireplaces...name it.
The Castle.... no clue but interested about the fireplaces!

6) Who donated this art piece?
Truett Cathy

8) What famous restaurant was located in this building?
Coach and Six

11) Where is this (way too easy!)?
Aquarium

12) What happened here?
Joel Chandler Harris had breakfast here

15) Where are these...where were these?
Last time I saw them was at the Marriott Marquis

17) Who lives here?
Joe Patten

18) Name the building's (former) purpose.
Federal Reserve?

22) This keeps people dry outside of what building?
High Museum

23) What and where is this?
Mausoleum at Westview Cemetery

26) Name a famous item in a vault in this building.
Coca-Cola recipe

28) Where is this?
That's gotta be the new Mosque on 14th

29) These used to be part of what building?
Carnegie Library downtown

32) What feature is on the roof?
Belvederes on top of the old Ponce apartments

35) What could they have been thinking when they built this? Sorry, name the building.
Midtown Plaza

44) Name the paved surfaces on both sides of this sculpture.
Freedom Pkwy & Boulevard

48) This is located outside of what building?
Central Library

49) What happens here?
GWCC events?

50) Name the building.
Flatiron

I made a "no-googling" rule for myself.... There's some of these I can't wait to find out the answer to! Thanks four-0-four, that was fun

bugsy · #4 Posted **May 13, 2008, 3:50 PM**

35 is actually twelve downtown. might 18 be the archive building?

5: art museum
7: k. roche/j. dinkeloo (sp?)
14: helipad?
16: promenade II/1180 peach?
33: perimeter
46: giant peach!

civilexpert... don't be an asshole.

sabino86 · #5 Posted **May 13, 2008, 4:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by civilexpert

congrats.. this is the most annoying post I've ever seen.

I digress.

Way to be a downer...

NativeAtlantan · #6 Posted **May 13, 2008, 4:59 PM**

#5 - I don't think this is the High Museum but I believe it's actually the Westin Buckhead (old Swiss Hotel), so it's purpose would be as a hotel. Very weird, I was just noticing the top of that building about 4 or 5 days ago.

Also, I think #33 is Downtown (Fulton Co. Prison?)
EDIT: I change my mind - don't think the prison has big windows like that. My guess is Decatur.

#10 - I think that's a hotel in Buckhead but I can't place the name

#15 - Are those at ADAC on P'tree Hills Dr.????

#22 - Is that the walkway into the RBC Building at Tech Square from the parking deck (near LA Fitness?)

#23 - Stadium at Oglethorpe University???

#25 - Looks like the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center

#30 - Looks to be 1180 near the top where the external shell part ends....
EDIT: Actually, with the curve at the end, maybe it's the side looking up to the top

#40 - World of Coke?

#41 - Falcon(s)?

#42 - First Church of Christ, Scientist (corner of 15th and Peachtree)

ashbowl · #7 Posted **May 13, 2008, 8:09 PM**

33. Buckhead (Aaron's Building)
34. Shoes

cabasse · #8 Posted **May 13, 2008, 8:48 PM**

1) lacoste, fr and savannah
9) the campanile? one of those buildings in midtown.
13) fernbank museum (wild guess)
19) scogin, elam, bray
24) same as 19? (yeah... no)
31) gp, centennial tower, that new portman mart building
37) what building is that? (yeah, i'm not going to find out until someone answers correctly...)

these are some great photos, mark!

CB SONO · #9 Posted **May 13, 2008, 8:55 PM**

45. Imperial Hotel
46. The Giant Peach
47. it is the Varsity.. but isn't KFC to the East?

NativeAtlantan · #10 Posted **May 13, 2008, 9:30 PM**

#1 - Savannah and Lacoste (South of France)

#9 - Is there a chance that is the back-side of One Atlantic Center?

#14 - Isn't this the Pinnacle Building in Buckhead which has the big arching roof with the garden deck?

#18 - you sure this isn't the site of the former State Archives/Records?

#36 - SunTrust ?

#37 - Allen Plaza (not sure which building)

Nice catch on the Varsity, CB_SONO, if that is correct. And, yes, I believe that is KFC to the east.

(four 0 four) · #11 Posted **May 13, 2008, 9:41 PM**

Thanks (to everyone who wasn't too bitter) for playing along!

NativeAtlantan · #12 Posted **May 13, 2008, 9:55 PM**

Thanks for the post!

I added a few after your last update....will you check my last post again? (#9, #36, and #37 - of course they may have just been wrong)....

NativeAtlantan · #13 Posted **May 13, 2008, 10:03 PM**

I deleted this from one of my posts, but now I am wondering if #21 is the Biltmore (where the porch is, facing GT)....

I didn't think it had ornate columns but I can see a french door opened which reminds me of the doors leading out to the 2nd floor smoking area there.

sunking1056 · #14 Posted **May 14, 2008, 12:32 AM**

Is 9 that building off of Peachtree just north of St. Philips next to the Cathedral Tower? I can't remember the name of it...

Teshadoh · #15 Posted **May 14, 2008, 1:39 AM**

9 Give me a break - but I know it's a laddy-de-da hotel on 14th Street - but I can't remember the name
20 Rhodes Furniture

Thanks 404 for a great sequel to the last post.

- civilexpert, I'm assuming you consider yourself an expert on civil engineering, b/c it sure as hell ain't civility.

(four 0 four) · #16 Posted **May 14, 2008, 1:59 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by NativeAtlantan

Thanks for the post!

I added a few after your last update....will you check my last post again? (#9, #36, and #37 - of course they may have just been wrong)....

You are right...they are wrong! I added your correct responses to #'s 1, 14 and 18.

Quote:
sunking1056 Is 9 that building off of Peachtree just north of St. Philips next to the Cathedral Tower? I can't remember the name of it...
Yes, anyone know the name?

I changed the question to #24. The original seemed too random (architect of a nearby chapel). Hopefully this one will fare better.

#31 hint...its an older picture. The building under construction is about to open.

Still unanswered...
9, 10, 13, 21, 24, 27, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 43.

Harry Cane · #17 Posted **May 14, 2008, 2:27 PM**

Wow. These are great pictures!!!! Did you take them?

For #38 I'm going to say the Lowe Gallery.
For #39 I'm going to guess the Biltmore.

sunking1056 · #18 Posted **May 14, 2008, 2:31 PM**

9. I feel like it has the words "Oak" or "Ivy" in the name... (I'm clearly stumped)
31. Is that Atlanta Financial Center that the buildings are being reflected in? Perhaps the building under construction is Sovereign?

trainiac · #19 Posted **May 14, 2008, 2:44 PM**

10: is that the Manhattan condo building up by perimeter?

(four 0 four) · #20 Posted **May 14, 2008, 4:51 PM**

Harry Cane...thanks for the comments...yes they were taken by me.
#38, yes
#39, no...much less grand a building than the Biltmore

sunking1056
#9, nope
#31, yes

Trainiac
#10, no