Flashback photos: Atlanta buildings and streets in the 1980s

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Flashback photos: Atlanta buildings and streets in the 1980s

For some of us, it seems like yesterday, but Atlanta looked very different in the 1980s. When the decade began, the Downtown Connector didn’t even exist and MARTA was a brand new thing (the first ride took place in 1979). But Atlanta mainstays like traffic and the Varsity were firmly established. Here’s our photographic journey back to Atlanta as it was in the 1980s.

Sept. 11, 1980 -- The future site of the Little 5 Points Super Market under construction.

Construction on the Downtown Connector, with the city in the background, looking southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, April 26, 1984. Photo: Cheryl Bray/AJC

Cobb Parkway looking north between Windy Hill and S. Cobb Drive in March 1988.

Exterior of Mrs. P's, a gay bar in a hotel on Ponce de Leon Avenue, on September 25, 1980, the day after it was raided by Atlanta police.

Atlanta skyline seen from the expressway near North Avenue, 1989

Bird's-eye view of Decatur Street, with the Georgia State University College of Law building on left, on April 6, 1988.

Crowds line up outside the original Taco Mac in Virginia-Highlands, 1985

Traffic During Construction on Downtown Connector, December 1, 1986. Photo: Neil McGahee/AJC

Traffic on the Downtown Connector as seen from the 10th Street bridge. Photo taken September 24, 1985. (Photo by Nick Arroyo/AJC staff)

Atlanta, GA - Feb. 25, 1985 - A photo of the Downtown Connector looking north from the 14th Street bridge. (Andy Sharp/AJC staff)

Jan. 29, 1984 - Atlanta, Ga.: Aerial overview of the Downtown Connector looking from north to south. Techwood Ave. is on the far right. North Ave. spans the interstate.

Snow on the highway leaves the Connector empty on January 21, 1983. Photo: Cheryl Bray/AJC

Aerial view of Atlanta traffic on expressway under construction, July 16, 1981. Photo: Ray West/AJC

<p>U.S. 78 in Snellville and its reversible lanes lanes during evening rush hour. This is looking east toward Snellville on April 26, 1989.</p> <p>Roswell Road in Sandy Springs is a jumble of vehicles, utility poles and business signs on February 17, 1989.</p> <p>Gorilla Willie B. with his first mate, Kinyani, at Zoo Atlanta on Sept. 8, 1989.</p> <p>From February 1989: “The Sanders-Robinson House in Vinings, a four-room home constructed around the 1880s, is readied for its move to a more suitable site in Pickens County. Developers plan to build office buildings on the old home site.”</p> <p>A truck passes a sign welcoming visitors to historic Norcross in September 1989. The city was in the process of revitalizing its slumping downtown business district.</p> <p>The orignal caption info reads: “Hazel Williamson points to where he was born in Vine City. He is one of the senior citizens that remain in the neighborhood.” Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Alexander Williams enjoys the sunshine while sitting down in the heart of Vine City. Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Police chief H.G. 'Bill' Thompson (left) and Woodstock mayor Evelyn W. Chambers in front of the old depot on Main Street in downtown Woodstock in July 1989. </p> <p>Atlanta landmark The Varsity on January 31, 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree Street just south of Alabama Street on Dec. 27, 1989.</p> <p>Some things never change. Traffic is eternal. Traffic gridlock on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs in 1989.</p> <p>Restaurant owner and railroad enthusiast, Dante Stephenson, outside of the private coach where he lives in Atlanta on December 19, 1989.</p> <p>Prince Albert of Monaco, one of four International Olympic Committee members touring Atlanta's sports facilities, reacts to an unexpected welcome at Georgia Tech on Aug. 25, 1989.</p> <p>Cars whiz by the first completed Concourse Tower (aka the Queen building) on Peachtree Dunwoody Road on October 25, 1989. That tower (officially Concourse V) opened in 1988. The King building (aka Councourse VI) was completed in 1991. </p> <p>A car passes by one of many small American flags lining the street in old downtown Norcross in September 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree and Mitchell Streets near Underground Atlanta on Dec, 27, 1989.</p> <p>Maynard Jackson waves to the crowd of his supporters after winning his second (non-consecutive) term as mayor of Atlanta in 1989.</p> <p>Legendary Atlanta nightclub Backstreet's downstairs main bar as it was in 1989. The club stood for decades at the corner of Peachtree and Sixth streets, but closed in 2004.</p> <p>Vera and Herman Johnson stand with their daughter and son-in-low in front of their boarded-up store in Lawrenceville. They were evicted from the building in December 1989 because the county planned to widen Ga. 120.</p> <p>John Smoltz pitches for the Atlanta Braves as they played against the San Diego Padres in 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, developer John Portman and mayor-elect Maynard Jackson used flags to signal the demolition of a building at Harris and Spring streets on Dec. 29, 1989. The demolition wass to make way for the Atlanta Gift Mart.</p> <p>Jim Sullivan, who is a member of Forest Watch, looks over Woodall Shoals on March 21, 1989. The area is part the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River designated area in Rabun County in Georgia’s northeastern corner.</p> <p>Scenic Highway 124 being widened just outside of Snellville on February 22, 1989.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King give Louis Guirandou-N'Diave of the Ivory Coast and Raja Bhalendra Singh of India a tour of the King Center on Sept. 5, 1989. The 2 International Olympic Committee members were among many visiting Atlanta.</p> <p>This view is looking at Ga. 92 toward the intersection with Ga. 5 just outside Woodstock. Ga. 92 used to be a two-lane country road, but by this time in 1989 it had become multi-laned and was growing fast.</p> <p>A crowd waits at Atlanta Botanical Garden to get into the Fuqua Conservatory grand opening on March 18, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta hairstylist and photographer Richie Arpino on Nov. 2, 1989.  Arpino’s salon, then on Paces Ferry Place, is now on Pharr Road.</p> <p>Alpharetta City Hall, renovated two years before this photo was taken in November 1989, exemplifies the Colonial Williamsburg look mandated for all subsequent construction in the town's central business district by a 1988 city ordinance.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young (from left), Prince Albert of Monaco and Charles Battle of the Atlanta Olympic Committee during tour of city hall on Aug. 24, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Braves pitching coach Bruce Dal Canton watches John Smoltz warming up in the bullpen before a start in 1989.</p> <p>Alice Walker signing books at Charis Books on May 9, 1989.</p> <p>The Atlanta Falcons’ Deion Sanders gestures to the crowd before returning a punt for 68 yards for a touchdown in the fir

<p>U.S. 78 in Snellville and its reversible lanes lanes during evening rush hour. This is looking east toward Snellville on April 26, 1989.</p> <p>Roswell Road in Sandy Springs is a jumble of vehicles, utility poles and business signs on February 17, 1989.</p> <p>Gorilla Willie B. with his first mate, Kinyani, at Zoo Atlanta on Sept. 8, 1989.</p> <p>From February 1989: “The Sanders-Robinson House in Vinings, a four-room home constructed around the 1880s, is readied for its move to a more suitable site in Pickens County. Developers plan to build office buildings on the old home site.”</p> <p>A truck passes a sign welcoming visitors to historic Norcross in September 1989. The city was in the process of revitalizing its slumping downtown business district.</p> <p>The orignal caption info reads: “Hazel Williamson points to where he was born in Vine City. He is one of the senior citizens that remain in the neighborhood.” Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Alexander Williams enjoys the sunshine while sitting down in the heart of Vine City. Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Police chief H.G. 'Bill' Thompson (left) and Woodstock mayor Evelyn W. Chambers in front of the old depot on Main Street in downtown Woodstock in July 1989. </p> <p>Atlanta landmark The Varsity on January 31, 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree Street just south of Alabama Street on Dec. 27, 1989.</p> <p>Some things never change. Traffic is eternal. Traffic gridlock on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs in 1989.</p> <p>Restaurant owner and railroad enthusiast, Dante Stephenson, outside of the private coach where he lives in Atlanta on December 19, 1989.</p> <p>Prince Albert of Monaco, one of four International Olympic Committee members touring Atlanta's sports facilities, reacts to an unexpected welcome at Georgia Tech on Aug. 25, 1989.</p> <p>Cars whiz by the first completed Concourse Tower (aka the Queen building) on Peachtree Dunwoody Road on October 25, 1989. That tower (officially Concourse V) opened in 1988. The King building (aka Councourse VI) was completed in 1991. </p> <p>A car passes by one of many small American flags lining the street in old downtown Norcross in September 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree and Mitchell Streets near Underground Atlanta on Dec, 27, 1989.</p> <p>Maynard Jackson waves to the crowd of his supporters after winning his second (non-consecutive) term as mayor of Atlanta in 1989.</p> <p>Legendary Atlanta nightclub Backstreet's downstairs main bar as it was in 1989. The club stood for decades at the corner of Peachtree and Sixth streets, but closed in 2004.</p> <p>Vera and Herman Johnson stand with their daughter and son-in-low in front of their boarded-up store in Lawrenceville. They were evicted from the building in December 1989 because the county planned to widen Ga. 120.</p> <p>John Smoltz pitches for the Atlanta Braves as they played against the San Diego Padres in 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, developer John Portman and mayor-elect Maynard Jackson used flags to signal the demolition of a building at Harris and Spring streets on Dec. 29, 1989. The demolition wass to make way for the Atlanta Gift Mart.</p> <p>Jim Sullivan, who is a member of Forest Watch, looks over Woodall Shoals on March 21, 1989. The area is part the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River designated area in Rabun County in Georgia’s northeastern corner.</p> <p>Scenic Highway 124 being widened just outside of Snellville on February 22, 1989.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King give Louis Guirandou-N'Diave of the Ivory Coast and Raja Bhalendra Singh of India a tour of the King Center on Sept. 5, 1989. The 2 International Olympic Committee members were among many visiting Atlanta.</p> <p>This view is looking at Ga. 92 toward the intersection with Ga. 5 just outside Woodstock. Ga. 92 used to be a two-lane country road, but by this time in 1989 it had become multi-laned and was growing fast.</p> <p>A crowd waits at Atlanta Botanical Garden to get into the Fuqua Conservatory grand opening on March 18, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta hairstylist and photographer Richie Arpino on Nov. 2, 1989.  Arpino’s salon, then on Paces Ferry Place, is now on Pharr Road.</p> <p>Alpharetta City Hall, renovated two years before this photo was taken in November 1989, exemplifies the Colonial Williamsburg look mandated for all subsequent construction in the town's central business district by a 1988 city ordinance.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young (from left), Prince Albert of Monaco and Charles Battle of the Atlanta Olympic Committee during tour of city hall on Aug. 24, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Braves pitching coach Bruce Dal Canton watches John Smoltz warming up in the bullpen before a start in 1989.</p> <p>Alice Walker signing books at Charis Books on May 9, 1989.</p> <p>The Atlanta Falcons’ Deion Sanders gestures to the crowd before returning a punt for 68 yards for a touchdown in the fir

<p>U.S. 78 in Snellville and its reversible lanes lanes during evening rush hour. This is looking east toward Snellville on April 26, 1989.</p> <p>Roswell Road in Sandy Springs is a jumble of vehicles, utility poles and business signs on February 17, 1989.</p> <p>Gorilla Willie B. with his first mate, Kinyani, at Zoo Atlanta on Sept. 8, 1989.</p> <p>From February 1989: “The Sanders-Robinson House in Vinings, a four-room home constructed around the 1880s, is readied for its move to a more suitable site in Pickens County. Developers plan to build office buildings on the old home site.”</p> <p>A truck passes a sign welcoming visitors to historic Norcross in September 1989. The city was in the process of revitalizing its slumping downtown business district.</p> <p>The orignal caption info reads: “Hazel Williamson points to where he was born in Vine City. He is one of the senior citizens that remain in the neighborhood.” Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Alexander Williams enjoys the sunshine while sitting down in the heart of Vine City. Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Police chief H.G. 'Bill' Thompson (left) and Woodstock mayor Evelyn W. Chambers in front of the old depot on Main Street in downtown Woodstock in July 1989. </p> <p>Atlanta landmark The Varsity on January 31, 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree Street just south of Alabama Street on Dec. 27, 1989.</p> <p>Some things never change. Traffic is eternal. Traffic gridlock on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs in 1989.</p> <p>Restaurant owner and railroad enthusiast, Dante Stephenson, outside of the private coach where he lives in Atlanta on December 19, 1989.</p> <p>Prince Albert of Monaco, one of four International Olympic Committee members touring Atlanta's sports facilities, reacts to an unexpected welcome at Georgia Tech on Aug. 25, 1989.</p> <p>Cars whiz by the first completed Concourse Tower (aka the Queen building) on Peachtree Dunwoody Road on October 25, 1989. That tower (officially Concourse V) opened in 1988. The King building (aka Councourse VI) was completed in 1991. </p> <p>A car passes by one of many small American flags lining the street in old downtown Norcross in September 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree and Mitchell Streets near Underground Atlanta on Dec, 27, 1989.</p> <p>Maynard Jackson waves to the crowd of his supporters after winning his second (non-consecutive) term as mayor of Atlanta in 1989.</p> <p>Legendary Atlanta nightclub Backstreet's downstairs main bar as it was in 1989. The club stood for decades at the corner of Peachtree and Sixth streets, but closed in 2004.</p> <p>Vera and Herman Johnson stand with their daughter and son-in-low in front of their boarded-up store in Lawrenceville. They were evicted from the building in December 1989 because the county planned to widen Ga. 120.</p> <p>John Smoltz pitches for the Atlanta Braves as they played against the San Diego Padres in 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, developer John Portman and mayor-elect Maynard Jackson used flags to signal the demolition of a building at Harris and Spring streets on Dec. 29, 1989. The demolition wass to make way for the Atlanta Gift Mart.</p> <p>Jim Sullivan, who is a member of Forest Watch, looks over Woodall Shoals on March 21, 1989. The area is part the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River designated area in Rabun County in Georgia’s northeastern corner.</p> <p>Scenic Highway 124 being widened just outside of Snellville on February 22, 1989.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King give Louis Guirandou-N'Diave of the Ivory Coast and Raja Bhalendra Singh of India a tour of the King Center on Sept. 5, 1989. The 2 International Olympic Committee members were among many visiting Atlanta.</p> <p>This view is looking at Ga. 92 toward the intersection with Ga. 5 just outside Woodstock. Ga. 92 used to be a two-lane country road, but by this time in 1989 it had become multi-laned and was growing fast.</p> <p>A crowd waits at Atlanta Botanical Garden to get into the Fuqua Conservatory grand opening on March 18, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta hairstylist and photographer Richie Arpino on Nov. 2, 1989.  Arpino’s salon, then on Paces Ferry Place, is now on Pharr Road.</p> <p>Alpharetta City Hall, renovated two years before this photo was taken in November 1989, exemplifies the Colonial Williamsburg look mandated for all subsequent construction in the town's central business district by a 1988 city ordinance.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young (from left), Prince Albert of Monaco and Charles Battle of the Atlanta Olympic Committee during tour of city hall on Aug. 24, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Braves pitching coach Bruce Dal Canton watches John Smoltz warming up in the bullpen before a start in 1989.</p> <p>Alice Walker signing books at Charis Books on May 9, 1989.</p> <p>The Atlanta Falcons’ Deion Sanders gestures to the crowd before returning a punt for 68 yards for a touchdown in the fir

<p>U.S. 78 in Snellville and its reversible lanes lanes during evening rush hour. This is looking east toward Snellville on April 26, 1989.</p> <p>Roswell Road in Sandy Springs is a jumble of vehicles, utility poles and business signs on February 17, 1989.</p> <p>Gorilla Willie B. with his first mate, Kinyani, at Zoo Atlanta on Sept. 8, 1989.</p> <p>From February 1989: “The Sanders-Robinson House in Vinings, a four-room home constructed around the 1880s, is readied for its move to a more suitable site in Pickens County. Developers plan to build office buildings on the old home site.”</p> <p>A truck passes a sign welcoming visitors to historic Norcross in September 1989. The city was in the process of revitalizing its slumping downtown business district.</p> <p>The orignal caption info reads: “Hazel Williamson points to where he was born in Vine City. He is one of the senior citizens that remain in the neighborhood.” Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Alexander Williams enjoys the sunshine while sitting down in the heart of Vine City. Photo taken May 19, 1989.</p> <p>Police chief H.G. 'Bill' Thompson (left) and Woodstock mayor Evelyn W. Chambers in front of the old depot on Main Street in downtown Woodstock in July 1989. </p> <p>Atlanta landmark The Varsity on January 31, 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree Street just south of Alabama Street on Dec. 27, 1989.</p> <p>Some things never change. Traffic is eternal. Traffic gridlock on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs in 1989.</p> <p>Restaurant owner and railroad enthusiast, Dante Stephenson, outside of the private coach where he lives in Atlanta on December 19, 1989.</p> <p>Prince Albert of Monaco, one of four International Olympic Committee members touring Atlanta's sports facilities, reacts to an unexpected welcome at Georgia Tech on Aug. 25, 1989.</p> <p>Cars whiz by the first completed Concourse Tower (aka the Queen building) on Peachtree Dunwoody Road on October 25, 1989. That tower (officially Concourse V) opened in 1988. The King building (aka Councourse VI) was completed in 1991. </p> <p>A car passes by one of many small American flags lining the street in old downtown Norcross in September 1989.</p> <p>Peachtree and Mitchell Streets near Underground Atlanta on Dec, 27, 1989.</p> <p>Maynard Jackson waves to the crowd of his supporters after winning his second (non-consecutive) term as mayor of Atlanta in 1989.</p> <p>Legendary Atlanta nightclub Backstreet's downstairs main bar as it was in 1989. The club stood for decades at the corner of Peachtree and Sixth streets, but closed in 2004.</p> <p>Vera and Herman Johnson stand with their daughter and son-in-low in front of their boarded-up store in Lawrenceville. They were evicted from the building in December 1989 because the county planned to widen Ga. 120.</p> <p>John Smoltz pitches for the Atlanta Braves as they played against the San Diego Padres in 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, developer John Portman and mayor-elect Maynard Jackson used flags to signal the demolition of a building at Harris and Spring streets on Dec. 29, 1989. The demolition wass to make way for the Atlanta Gift Mart.</p> <p>Jim Sullivan, who is a member of Forest Watch, looks over Woodall Shoals on March 21, 1989. The area is part the Chattooga Wild and Scenic River designated area in Rabun County in Georgia’s northeastern corner.</p> <p>Scenic Highway 124 being widened just outside of Snellville on February 22, 1989.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King give Louis Guirandou-N'Diave of the Ivory Coast and Raja Bhalendra Singh of India a tour of the King Center on Sept. 5, 1989. The 2 International Olympic Committee members were among many visiting Atlanta.</p> <p>This view is looking at Ga. 92 toward the intersection with Ga. 5 just outside Woodstock. Ga. 92 used to be a two-lane country road, but by this time in 1989 it had become multi-laned and was growing fast.</p> <p>A crowd waits at Atlanta Botanical Garden to get into the Fuqua Conservatory grand opening on March 18, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta hairstylist and photographer Richie Arpino on Nov. 2, 1989.  Arpino’s salon, then on Paces Ferry Place, is now on Pharr Road.</p> <p>Alpharetta City Hall, renovated two years before this photo was taken in November 1989, exemplifies the Colonial Williamsburg look mandated for all subsequent construction in the town's central business district by a 1988 city ordinance.</p> <p>Mayor Andrew Young (from left), Prince Albert of Monaco and Charles Battle of the Atlanta Olympic Committee during tour of city hall on Aug. 24, 1989.</p> <p>Atlanta Braves pitching coach Bruce Dal Canton watches John Smoltz warming up in the bullpen before a start in 1989.</p> <p>Alice Walker signing books at Charis Books on May 9, 1989.</p> <p>The Atlanta Falcons’ Deion Sanders gestures to the crowd before returning a punt for 68 yards for a touchdown in the fir

Sept. 11, 1980 -- Findley's Hardware was a fixture in Little Five Points from 1967-1988.

Sept. 11, 1980 -- Euclid Drugs in Little Five Points at the intersection of Euclid and Colquitt Avenues.

Sept. 11, 1980 -- The Little 5 Points Pub launched many a music career in Atlanta over the years, most notably that of the Indigo Girls.

Sept. 11, 1980 -- AEC construction site for a shopping center along Moreland Avenue in Little Five Points.

Feb. 7, 1980 -- View of the business district of Little Five Points. Moreland Avenue in foreground.

Cars parked outside of the Varsity Drive-In restaurant, with the downtown skyline in the background in 1985. AJC file.

In a scene that has been replicated a few time overs, Georgia Tech students carry the goal posts from Grant Field to the Varsity restaurant after Tech beat UGA in 1984.

The original caption from 1980: "New shops and businesses have brought life into the block of buildings at the corner of Virginia and Highland Avenues."

Feb. 7, 1980 - MARTA train travels through the Cabbagetown neighborhood near Wylie St.

December 4, 1980 -- The old 10th Street barber shop is part of three stores on the east side of Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. Other MyAJC.com Flashback galleries: Auburn Ave. | Ponce de Leon Ave. | Cabbagetown

December 4, 1980 -- The Strip at 10th and Peachtree looking north: Small businesses are beginning to replace such establishments as the Purple Passion Palace. Other MyAJC.com Flashback galleries: Auburn Ave. | Ponce de Leon Ave. | Cabbagetown

December 4, 1980 -- A liquor store on the corner of 10th and Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. Other MyAJC.com Flashback galleries: Auburn Ave. | Ponce de Leon Ave. | Cabbagetown

Feb. 7, 1980 - Tonnelle St. in Cabbagetown has a Neighborhood Watch program.

Aug. 5, 1980 - The old mill area of Cabbagetown. Shown are the backs of row houses that fronted Carroll St.

Sandy Springs residents blame Fulton County for problems like this congestion along Roswell Road - a jumble of vehicles, utility poles and business signs. February 17, 1989 (Michael Barrett / Special)

June 8, 1987 - Decatur, Ga.: New downtown Decatur: Wednesday will mark the opening of a Peasant restaurant, Buck's, at right in the Watkins building on the Square. (Billy Downs/AJC staff) 1987. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library

Traffic on Decatur Street on GSU's campus, Atlanta, Georgia, April 6, 1988.

March, 1989 - Decatur, GA - Trendy shops in downtown Decatur. Seventeen Steps, Half Moon Street, Buck's along East Ponce de Leon Avenue. (Joey Ivansco/AJC staff) 1989

July 15, 1981 - Decatur, Ga.: Candler Hotel, corner of Church St. and Ponce de Leon Ave: Downtown Decatur building will be torn down and replaced with a hotel and an office building.

"Peachtree near its intersection with Roswell Road in the heart of Buckhead: An economic study depicts the area as a veritable dynamo of retail and small business activity." From May 1988. AJC file.

The Strand Theater, pictured here in 1983, was built in the 1930s. It's now been restored and is once again sparkling Marietta landmark.

A train passes through downtown Marietta on Sept. 24, 1987. Calvin Cruce/AJC

Margaret Mitchell Square. Photo: Louie Favorite. Coke Sign. Jan. 8, 1981 (oldest Date).

Built around the turn-of-the-century as a luxury apartment building, this was known as the Frances Hotel at the time of this photo on Aug. 24, 1981. Its reputation was no longer quite as stellar. Originally known as the Farlinger Building, it stood at 343 Peachtree St. NE, at the corner of Ivy St. (now Peachtree Center Blvd.) since 1898. It was torn down in 1988.

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Sept. 11, 1980 -- The future site of the Little 5 Points Super Market under construction.

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