SoNo - Midtown Commercial District Guided Walking Tour
Saturday March, 20 2010 3:00 PM

Tour Atlanta’s first commercial district built north of downtown. See how Atlanta's Midtown architecture developed from Queen Anne period styles to Art Deco to New Formalism, and learn about the businessmen, architects and prominent families who created midtown. Hear about the birth of NASCAR, celebrities such as Margaret Mitchell and Julia Roberts, and of Midtown oddities, such as Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's throne and Japanese Zero war planes.

 

Sunday, March 14 and Saturday, March 20 at 3 pm

 

Meet in front of Georgian Terrace Hotel, 659 Peachtree St NE 30308

Presented by : The Atlanta Preservation Center, www.preserveatlanta.com