Peachtree Center

 ( Neighborhoods In Atlanta ) 

Peachtree Center is a district located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the structures that make up the district were designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman Jr. A defining feature of the Peachtree Center is a network of enclosed pedestrian suspended above the street-level, which have garnered criticism for discouraging pedestrian street life. The district is served by the Peachtree Center MARTA station, providing access to rapid transit.

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History Intended to be the new downtown for Atlanta, Peachtree Center emerged as a distinct district in the early 1970s as a networked realm of convention hotels, shopping galleries, and office buildings a quarter-mile north of Five Points. Peachtree Center is notable for its uniform embodiment of the modern architectural style popular at the time. Yet the defining feature of Peachtree Center is its insular orientation, which allows patrons and workers to avoid interacting with the street level by traversing the area through sky bridges. By the mid-1980s, Peachtree Center had become the core of a dedicated hotel-convention district that lay at the heart of the Downtown economy, even as the remainder of Downtown Atlanta deteriorated markedly.

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While at the time Peachtree Center was considered the salvation of a decaying downtown Atlanta, contemporary city planning is highly critical of such insular environments that "turn their back" on the city streets. Thus, as intown Atlanta began its post-1990 resurgence, Peachtree Center was increasingly criticized as an area that epitomized contemporary Atlanta's generic urbanity and sense of placelessness.The Postsouthern Sense Of Place In Contemporary Fiction, Page 6 By Martyn Bone Other critics claim that Peachtree Center is disorienting, killed downtown street-life, and disregarded the existing urban context.

The center was recognized for its architecture with listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. In 2025, the Peachtree Center towers were placed for sale after the former owner experienced financial issues.

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Architecture

Peachtree Center Tower 230 Peachtree Street		31 floors	1965
Peachtree Center North (Gas Light Tower) 235 Peachtree Street		27 floors	1968
Peachtree Center South 225 Peachtree Street		27 floors	1970
Hyatt Regency Atlanta		24 floors	1967
Harris Tower 233 Peachtree Center NE		31 floors	1974
Peachtree Center International Tower (Cain Tower) 229 Peachtree Street NE		30 floors	1976
Marquis I 245 Peachtree Center NE		30 floors	1985
Marquis II 285 Peachtree Center NE		30 floors	1989
Peachtree Athletic Club 227 Courtland Street NE		9 floors	1985
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel 210 Peachtree Street NW		73 floors	1976
Atlanta Marriott Marquis 265 Peachtree Center Avenue NE		52 floors	1985
AmericasMart Various Addresses		Various Heights	1961, 1979, 1992, 2008
Truist Plaza 303 Peachtree Street NE		60 floors	1992
American Cancer Society Center 250 Williams Street NW		10 floors	1989

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Governmental Organisations The U.S. Census Bureau has its Atlanta Regional Census Center in Suite 1000 in the Marquis Two Tower." The Atlanta Region." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 17, 2010. Several additional U.S. Government agencies have their southeast regional offices located in the Harris Tower, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, and Internal Revenue Service.

The Consulate-General of Argentina is located in Suite 2101 in the Marquis One Tower." Contáctenos." Consulate-General of Argentina in Atlanta. Retrieved on July 28, 2009." Peachtree Center" (Map). Peachtree Center. Retrieved on July 28, 2009. The Consulate-General of Germany is located in Suite 901 of the Marquis Two Tower." Address, Contact and Office Hours ." Consulate-General of Germany in Atlanta. Retrieved on July 28, 2009. The Consulate-General of South Korea is located in Suite 500 in the International Tower.

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Gallery

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See also

• Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
• Rockefeller Center, New York

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External links

• Peachtree Center official website

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