City Haul

Urbanism and transit at street level

atlantahistorycenter:

1940 pic of the intersection of Peachtree, West Peachtree and Baker Streets.
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It’s easy to forget (or never realize) that three streets, not just two, converge at this intersection, and that Peachtree and West Peachtree meet in two places, not just at the Midtown/Brookwood border.
This intersection is so unrecognizable now that it’s hard to tell which direction this photo was taken from. View high resolution

atlantahistorycenter:

1940 pic of the intersection of Peachtree, West Peachtree and Baker Streets.

Browse and order prints from our collection.

It’s easy to forget (or never realize) that three streets, not just two, converge at this intersection, and that Peachtree and West Peachtree meet in two places, not just at the Midtown/Brookwood border.

This intersection is so unrecognizable now that it’s hard to tell which direction this photo was taken from.

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    It’s easy to forget (or never realize) that three streets, not just two, converge at this intersection,
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    It makes me sad that we have to re-do all this at great expense because we couldn’t see the benefits of streetcars 60...
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    Sometimes looking at these pictures makes me so mad that Atlanta uprooted all the streetcars
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