Midtown Atlanta in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Georgia Tech Meets Midtown

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 11, 2023

1. Georgia Tech Meets Midtown Marker

Inscription. The vision that would ultimately take shape as Tech Square began in 1996, when Atlanta hosted the Centennial Olympic Games. The Georgia Tech campus served as the Olympic Village, and the Fifth Street Bridge temporarily became the main entrance into the campus. Fifty years earlier, Georgia Tech had been cut off from its one-time neighbor to the east – Midtown Atlanta – by construction of the I-75/85 Connector, a major transportation artery that had grown ever wider. After the Olympics, it became clear that bridging the physical gap between Georgia Tech and Midtown Atlanta could create a wealth of opportunities for both communities.

Following a 2001 groundbreaking, the 1.4 million square-foot mixed-use Technology Square opened in the fall of 2003. Today it serves as a “Main Street” for the university, with office and academic space, restaurants, retail, housing and a hotel.

[Caption] Before the construction of Tech Square, 2001. Image courtesy of Georgia Institute of Technology

Erected by Atlanta History Center • Midtown Alliance.

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Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1996.

Location. 33° 46.616′ N, 84° 23.37′ W. Marker is in Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is in Midtown Atlanta. It is on 5th Street Northwest west of Spring Street Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 75 5th St NW, Atlanta GA 30332, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Atlanta Biltmore Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Biltmore (about 700 feet away); Academy of Medicine (approx. 0.2 miles away); Peachtree Manor (approx. 0.3

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 11, 2023

2. Georgia Tech Meets Midtown Marker

miles away); Omega Chapter of Chi Phi Fraternity (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (approx. 0.3 miles away); David and Frances Cotting (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Georgian Terrace Hotel (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Capt. Grant's Vision for a Safe City (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 258 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 5, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.