Photos: Phipps Plaza through the years

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Photos: Phipps Plaza through the years

Photos: Phipps Plaza through the years

Rendering on renovated interior at Phipps Plaza

Anthony Mackie (left) and Nate Moore discuss details of "Captain America: the Winter Soldier" during a press conference at Phipps Plaza.

Joe Kelly and his son Ian, 2 yrs, pick thru the Lego bin to build a car at Star Wars Day at LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Phipps Plaza.

BaRon Brown(from Mableton) & his son Kyle, age 10, built a vehicle together at the Racers Build & test station during Lego Star Wars Days at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Phipps Plaza in Atlanta on Saturday Jan. 12th, 2013.

Jeremy Morrison (from Lawrenceville) & his five-year-old son Ryan built a fort together during Lego Star Wars Days at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Phipps Plaza in Atlanta on Saturday Jan. 12th, 2013.

Katie Harwell, 5, gets to skip school early to play at LEGOLAND Discovery Center at Phipps Plaza Thursday according to her mother Tricia Harwell of Cumming.

John Williams of Lawrenceville and his five-year-old son, Brandon, are among the first to preview Legoland Discovery Center at Phipps Plaza.

Latitude at Phipps Plaza

Photo of the food court area of Phipps Plaza which largely shut down except for three vendors because of the massive construction on Legoland.

Hollis Weiss, 4, and Hayden Weiss ,9, wait for their cue to dump Lego blocks as part of the ground breaking ceremony of Legoland Discovery Center Atlanta at the Phipps Plaza Tuesday September 27, 2011.

Popular jeweler David Yurman, left, shares a laugh with Saks president and chief merchandising officer Ron Frasch, right, during an "actor's studio" style chat during his visit to Saks Fifth Avenue at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 .

DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones mingles with guests during a birthday party held in his honor at the Twist restaurant inside Phipps Plaza in Buckhead.

Executive Vice President of Island Def Jam Records, Chris Hicks mingles at the Valentino Boutique store in Phipps Plaza. Valentino and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) put on the event to honoring L.A. Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group, in support of the Barbara Brewton Cameron Youth Center located in Charlotte, NC.

090421 Atlanta-- Valentino and Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) honor L.A. Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group, in support of the Barbara Brewton Cameron Youth Center located in Charlotte, NC, at the Valentino Boutique at Phipps Plaza mall in Atlanta Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

Shoe designer Christian Louboutin visits Atlanta to preview his spring 2009 collection at Jeffrey Atlanta. Louboutin is a french shoe designer who is as popular as jimmy choo and manolo blahnik though his only form of marketing has been the easily identifiable red sole of his shoes. Caroline Preston (right) shows her old Louboutin design shoes as Louboutin looks on during signing event at Jeffrey Atlanta inside Phipps Plaza in Buckhead. Caroline Preston drove 5 hours from Tennessee for this event.

Celebrity hair designer Frederic Fekkai (CQ),right, demonstrates on himself after giving Diane Silver (CQ) a tip on brushing her hair Wednesday (12/10/08) at Saks Fifth Avenue in Phipps Plaza. Fekkai visited Atlanta and consulted with locals on hair styles while dispensing his hair wisdom. Joey Ivansco / jivansco@ajc.com

Belk's president, McKay Belk was in Atlanta Thursday Aug. 30 to tour the Phipps Plaza store in Buckhead and discuss the company's strategy as it prepares to transition the Parisian stores it acquired last year. (

Martha McLaughlin of Woodstock shops for shoes for an upcoming trip to Turkey in the Phipps Parisian store.

Joel A. Katz gets a hug for Mitchele Rhea Caplinger as Diana Degarmo walk down the red carpet to the 49th Annual Grammy Awards VIP reception and ceremony at Tiffany & Co. at Phipps Plaza on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.

Georgia Grammy nominee T.I. walks down the red carpet to the 49th Annual Grammy Awards VIP reception and ceremony at Tiffany & Co. at Phipps Plaza on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.

A special Santa session takes place at Phipps Plaza for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's Aflac Cancer Center and Blood Disorder Service patients, including 13-year-old A.J. Avello, right, who is battling leukemia for the second time, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. Due to their vulnerable immune systems a meeting with Santa during normal business hours would not have been possible.

Tenessa Singleton, left, and Suzy Engelhard, right, of Atlanta socialize prior to a charity luncheon Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at the Sak's Fifth Avenue at Phipps Plaza. Singleton is one of the co-creators of a possible HBO show about "Buckhead Betties". Engelhard was one of the women attending the luncheon.

Jeffrey Kalinsky annual fall fashion show and fundraiser at Phipps Plaza on Monday, Aug. 28, 2006.

Black Christmas decorations at Phipps.

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Rendering on renovated interior at Phipps Plaza

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