U.S. 78 in Snellville and its reversible lanes lanes during evening rush hour. This is looking east toward Snellville on April 26, 1989.

Roswell Road in Sandy Springs is a jumble of vehicles, utility poles and business signs on February 17, 1989.

Gorilla Willie B. with his first mate, Kinyani, at Zoo Atlanta on Sept. 8, 1989.

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.”

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.

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.

Alexander Williams enjoys the sunshine while sitting down in the heart of Vine City. Photo taken May 19, 1989.

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.

Atlanta landmark The Varsity on January 31, 1989.

Peachtree Street just south of Alabama Street on Dec. 27, 1989.

Some things never change. Traffic is eternal. Traffic gridlock on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs in 1989.

Restaurant owner and railroad enthusiast, Dante Stephenson, outside of the private coach where he lives in Atlanta on December 19, 1989.

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.

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.

A car passes by one of many small American flags lining the street in old downtown Norcross in September 1989.

Peachtree and Mitchell Streets near Underground Atlanta on Dec, 27, 1989.

Maynard Jackson waves to the crowd of his supporters after winning his second (non-consecutive) term as mayor of Atlanta in 1989.

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.

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.

John Smoltz pitches for the Atlanta Braves as they played against the San Diego Padres in 1989.

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.

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.

Scenic Highway 124 being widened just outside of Snellville on February 22, 1989.

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.

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.

A crowd waits at Atlanta Botanical Garden to get into the Fuqua Conservatory grand opening on March 18, 1989.

Atlanta hairstylist and photographer Richie Arpino on Nov. 2, 1989. Arpino’s salon, then on Paces Ferry Place, is now on Pharr Road.

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.

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.

Atlanta Braves pitching coach Bruce Dal Canton watches John Smoltz warming up in the bullpen before a start in 1989.

Alice Walker signing books at Charis Books on May 9, 1989.

The Atlanta Falcons’ Deion Sanders gestures to the crowd before returning a punt for 68 yards for a touchdown in the fir

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