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Above left: BellSouth Building (206m/677f, 47 stories, 1980).
Above middle: two different sides of the Centennial Tower (140m/459f, 36 stories, 1975).
The first picture was taken from the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel.
The building is part of the downtown area of the city.
Above right: State of Georgia Building (169m/556f, 44 stories, 1966).
Like the Centennial Tower, the building can be found in the downtown area.


Above left: 1100 Peachtree (130m/426f, 28 stories, 1990), midtown Atlanta.
Above middle: Peachtree Summit (124m/406f, 31 stories, 1975), downtown area.
Above right: Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center (118m/388f, 25 stories, 1996), downtown.


Above left: view from Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel over some of the Peachtree Center buildings,
with from left to right, Hyatt Regency Hotel (104m/341f), Marquis Two (115m/377f),
Marriott Marquis Hotel (169m/554f), Marquis One (115m/377f), Harris Tower (116m/380),
North Tower (101m/331f), South Tower (101m/331f), Atlanta Hilton Hotel(117m/384f)
and a small part of the International Tower (115m/377f). Downtown.
Above middle: two pictures of the Marriott Marquis Hotel (169m/554f, 52 stories, 1985).
Above right: Georgia Power Company Corporate Headquarters (91m/298f, 24 stories, 1981).
This building can be found in the downtown area as well.


Above left: Forty Marietta Building (73m/239f, 17 stories, 1964), downtown Atlanta.
Above middle: a night and day picture of Flatiron Building (no height available, 11 stories, 1897),
the oldest still standing skyscraper in (downtown) Atlanta. When built it was the city's 2nd skyscraper.
Above right: night shot of Marriott Residence Inn Downtown (75m/246f, 21 stories, 1929).
These days a hotel, the building, then known as the Rhodes-Haverty Building,
was Atlanta's tallest from 1929 until 1958.


Above: view from Piedmont Park towards midtown Atlanta, with the tops of 1100 Peachtree,
Mayfair Apartments (113m/370f), The Campanile (112m/367f), GLG Grand (186m/609f),
Sheraton Colony Square Hotel (95m/310f), One Atlantic Center (250m/820f), 100 Colony Square (96m/310f)
and Promenade II (211m/691f), from left to right.


Above left: Tower Place 100 in Buckhead (122m/401f, 29 stories, 1974).
Above middle: two pictures of another Buckhead skyscraper: Monarch Tower
(118m/387f, 24 stories, 1997). A side view and a view from the back.
Above right: Park Avenue Condominiums (148m/486f, 44 stories, 2000).
It's the tallest residential building in Atlanta and the tallest building of Buckhead.


Above left: 7000 Central Park, Perimeter Mall (no height known, 18 stories, 1989).
Above middle left: Three Ravinia Drive, Perimeter Mall (135m/444f, 34 stories, 1991).
Above middle right: Concourse Tower #6 at the Concourse Landmark, Perimeter Mall (169m/553f, 32 stories, 1991).
Above right: Concourse Tower #5 at the Concourse Landmark, Perimeter Mall (174m/570f, 32 stories, 1988).


Above: Atlanta Financial Center in Buckhead (no height known, 19 stories, 1987).


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Atlanta's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. BANK OF AMERICA PLAZA 312m/1023f, 55 stories, 1992
2. SUNTRUST PLAZA 265m/871f, 60 stories, 1992
3. ONE ATLANTIC CENTER 250m/820f, 50 stories, 1987
4. 191 PEACHTREE TOWER 235m/770f, 50 stories, 1990
5. WESTIN PEACHTREE PLAZA 220m/723f, 73 stories, 1976
6. GEORGIA PACIFIC TOWER 212m/697f, 52 stories, 1981
7. PROMENADE II 211m/691f, 40 stories, 1989
8. BELLSOUTH BUILDING 206m/677f, 47 stories, 1980
9. 1180 PEACHTREE 198m/650f, 41 stories, 2006
10. GLG GRAND/FOUR SEASONS HOTEL 186m/609f, 53 stories, 1992


The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.

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