Midtown Atlanta
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Midtown Atlanta is a district in Atlanta, Georgia situated between the commercial and financial district of downtown to the south and the affluent residential, shopping, and nightlife district of Buckhead to the north. It is roughly bounded by North Avenue to the South, the Downtown Connector to the west, Monroe Drive to the east, and Interstate 85 to the north.
Image:Midtown Atlanta.JPG Midtown is the arts and entertainment heart of the city. It is the home of the Fox Theatre, the Woodruff Arts Center, the Richard Meier-designed High Museum of Art, as well as the Atlanta Ballet Company, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and other arts and entertainment venues. Currently, the Arts Center and its campus are being expanded and will include a new Atlanta Symphony Hall designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The High Museum has recently doubled its size with an addition designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. The High is currently collaborating with the Louvre to house a temporary collection of masterpieces from the Paris museum. As well as being a major arts and entertainment enclave, Midtown Atlanta is home to a vibrant cultural community. It is the center of the city's large gay and lesbian community.
Midtown is composed of busy thoroughfares, including Atlanta's famous Peachtree Street, lined by high-rise condos and four star hotels alongside skyscrapers that are home to corporate headquarters and busy shopping areas. It is also home to quiet residential neighborhoods populated by Victorian, American Four-Square, early 20th century bungalow-style homes and bed-and-breakfast inns. Midtown's focal point is the expansive green space of Piedmont Park. The Atlanta Botanical Garden adjoins the Park.
Midtown Atlanta is currently a fast-growing community with appreciating land and property values, as land is a precious commodity in this urban area. As residents begin to return to the city following decades of suburban retreat from the downtown core, Midtown Atlanta offers an attractive mix of amenities and attractions, as well as proximity to downtown offices and destinations. The recent construction and opening of the Seventeenth St. Bridge over the Downtown Connector has reconnected Midtown with the west-side of the city. It connects Midtown to a new multi-billion dollar mixed-use development, called Atlantic Station, on the former site of the Atlantic Steel company, which is the site of new housing, office, and retail space.
Midtown Atlanta is served by an underground rapid rail system, MARTA, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. There is also a daytime shuttle between the Midtown MARTA station and Georgia Tech called the "Tech Trolley." The Tech Trolley added a Midtown line in summer 2005 which serves most of the Midtown commercial district all the way to Piedmont Park.
External links
- Midtown Alliance
- Midtown Neighbors Association
- Midtown Ponce Security Alliance A neighborhood-based nonprofit organization addressing crime issues
- Piedmont Park Conservancy
- Atlanta Botanical Garden
- Woodruff Arts Center
- Alliance Theatre Atlanta's major regional theatre company
- The Fabulous Fox Theatre Historic theater
- The High Museum of Art
- The Atlanta Ballet
- The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Technology Square of Midtown
- GT Parking & Transportation: Midtown Trolley
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