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Fulton County - the Atlanta Regional Commission
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Georgia Department of Transportation Georgia Historic Preservation Division City of Atlanta Central Atlanta Progress John Portman and Associates Preservation & Planning Services LLC New South Associates Morrison Design LLC Buckhead Heritage Society Atlanta Preservation Center Karen Huebner Dean Baker George Rounds Robert Craig 2015-50=1965 Fulton County Gwinnett County Collier Heights – mid 1950s Collier Heights – mid 1950s Collier Heights – mid 1950s • One of the few communities in the nation exclusively built by African American planners for African American Residents • Many homes designed by Joseph W. Robinson (formally trained, but denied a license because of racial barriers) • Listed in the National Register in 2009 • First locally designated mid-century neighborhood in Atlanta Northwoods – late 1950s Northwoods – late 1950s • Envisioned to be one of the first Planned United Developments in Georgia • Broke ground in 1952 • Developed by Walter Tally; original architects included Ernest Mastin and John Summer • Six original floor plans • Featured in Better Homes and Gardens • 700 homes by the time of its completion in 1972 • Served by schools, churches, retail and a community center • Listed on the National Register in 2014 Northcrest – late 1950s- mid 1970s Northcrest – late 1950s- mid 1970s • Also developed by Walter Tally (and Howard Hadrath and Paul Edwards) • Located near Doraville • Homes include modern split level styles • Will be surveyed in 2016 Downtown Atlanta Contemporary Historic Resources Survey Atlanta before 1935 Atlanta ca. 1930 Before and After 1935 1985 Before and After 1935 1985 Architectural Evolution 1935 Small office and retail 1960 1985 Convention and office High-rise building boom Lithonia Plaza, DeKalb County, c. 1970 Douglas County Courthouse Museum, Douglas County, 1956 New Formalism 82 Piedmont Avenue NE ca. 1960 395 Piedmont Avenue NE Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center, 1968 Brutalism 126 Carnegie Way NW 1980 38 Peachtree Center Avenue NE 1971 Late Modern 401 West Peachtree Street NW 1976 40 Marietta Street NW 1964 241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE 1981 Parking 58 Edgewood Avenue NE 1939 Parking International 56 Edgewood Avenue NE 1954 Late Modern 150 Carnegie Way NW 1966 Edwards & Portman John Portman & Associates 240 Peachtree Street NW 1961 265 Peachtree Street NE 1967 225 Peachtree Street NE 1970 http://www.georgiashpo.org/sites/uploads/hpd/pdf/Peachtree_Center_evolution.pdf Building Address 2479 Peachtree Road NW Building Name White House on Peachtree (Park Lane on Peachtree) Architect Danielson and Paine Year Constructed 1966-67 Builder Unknown Style New Formalism Building Address 2520 Peachtree Road NW Building Name Peachtree Apartments (later Twenty-Five Twenty Apartments) Architect James C. Wise Year Constructed 1954-55 Builder Unknown Style International and New Formalism Building Address 2575 Peachtree Road NW Building Name Plaza Towers Architect Ted Levy Year Constructed 1967-70 Builder McDonough Construction Co. Style New Formalism Building Address 2637 Peachtree Road NW Building Name Consolidated Equities Building/ Peachtree House Condominiums Architect Aeck and Associates Year Constructed 1957 Builder Bickerstaff Construction Co. Style Building Address 2660 Peachtree Road NW Building Name Park Place on Peachtree Architect Ted Levy Year Constructed 1987 Builder Unknown Style Brutalist 2015-50=1965