Flashback Photos: Atlanta in 1991

Flashback photos

Flashback Photos: Atlanta in 1991

From the AJC archives: Atlanta as it looked at the start of the 1990s.

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on October 13, 1991.

Braves player Mark Lemke pushes teammate Jeff Blauser in a shopping cart (normally used for bats) down the flooded club house tunnel from the dugout on May 19, 1991. The day's game was called due to rain. Nick Arroyo/AJC

Businesses along Buford Highway on January, 28, 1991. Kimberly Smith/AJC

Businesses along Buford Highway on January, 28, 1991. Kimberly Smith/AJC

The Grant Reed Quartet performs in Woodruff Park during the Free Noontime Jazz Concert Series, June 6, 1991. Henrietta Spearman/AJC

Horace Benton, manager of Walter's Clothing at Decatur Street and Peachtree Center Avenue, March 6, 1991. Jean Shifrin/AJC

At Cypress and 6th streets with the AT&T Promenade II in the background, June 10, 1991. Dwight Ross Jr./AJC

The IBM Tower (left) and the AT&T Tower with a 'tune-up' sign in the foreground, January 17, 1991. Kimberly Smith/AJC

The corner of 7th and Cypress Streets, June 10, 1991. Dwight Ross Jr./AJC

Josie Long, Midtown resident, at the corner of 10th and Peachtree Streets waiting for a bus, January 17, 1991. Kimberly Smith/AJC

The corner of Peachtree and Pine Streets, January 17, 1991. Kimberly Smith/AJC

The original caption from Oct. 19, 1991 reads: "Russell Lopinto, seeing eye-to-eye with his pet parrot Shamrock, was one of several thousand people who turned out for the annual Little Five Points festival last weekend." Henrietta Spearman/AJC

A parade at the Inman Park Festival on March 14, 1991. Lanna Swindler/AJC

A view of Buckhead shops along Roswell Road after renovation of the area, January 4, 1991. Nick Arroyo/AJC

Aerial view of Midtown, May 1991. Johnny Crawford/AJC

Atlanta Braves team photo after the World Series, Oct. 29, 1991. Louie Favorite/AJC

Atlanta Skyline on December 17, 1991. Joey Ivansco/AJC

Renovations in Buckhead, January 4, 1991.

A cardboard cutout of Ted Turner stands watch during a tour at the CNN Center in March 1991. John Spink/AJC

Deion Sanders is wearing his new line of PrimeTime clothing while being interviewed in the den of his home where his trophies, game balls, and plaques are displayed on Dec. 10, 1991. Renee Hannans/AJC

Framework of the Georgia Dome, showing upper seating, during its early construction, Atlanta, Georgia, January 1991. AJC file.

The Braves’ Francisco Cabrera sits in the dugout after making the last out in a loss to the Dodgers in September 1991. Frank Niemeir / AJC

John Smoltz on the mound, Oct. 4, 1991. Jonathan Newton/AJC

Kensington MARTA station under construction, February 14, 1991. Johnny Crawford/AJC

From the original caption on August 28, 1991: "This is a photo of some of the land for the proposed presidential parkway that had been taken over by weeds and kudzu."

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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on October 13, 1991.

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