Technology Square getting bigger, making its mark on Midtown

It’s funny how things turn out. How a change in routine can ignite a spark that changes a city.

The 1996 Summer Olympics put Atlanta on a global stage, but it also set in motion a series of events that led Georgia Tech to leap over the Downtown Connector and re-integrate itself with Midtown. And it started in part because Tech’s president at the time, Wayne Clough, had to change his commute patterns.

Olympic security interrupted Clough’s routine. Removed from his normal path the administrator and educator saw an opportunity to buy up some underdeveloped parking lots and lonely buildings.