Flashback Fotos: Atlanta's changing skyline over the years

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Flashback Photos: Atlanta's changing skyline over the years

AJC file photo showing city in the early 20th century.

A birds' eye view of Peachtree Street. AJC FILE

A view from AJC files.

A view of downtown in 1945. AJC FILE

Atlanta City Hall looking southwest from the Georgia Department of Agriculture Building in October 1950. AJC FILE

View of Atlanta looking northeast past the Capitol in 1955.

A view shows city in 1956. AJC file.

The skyline about 50 years ago.

A view of Atlanta looking north in November 1961.

Skyline at night looking south over the Downtown Connector in 1962. AJC FILE

View of downtown Atlanta looking south down Peachtree Street.

A night skyline from 1963. AJC file.

Night skyline of Atlanta in November 1964. AJC FILE

View of skyscraper production in downtown Atlanta, Nov. 3, 1967.

Downtown skyline looking west in January 1970. AJC FILE

View of downtown with the Hyatt Hotel under construction between 1968 and 1971. AJC FILE

Skyline looking northeast in January 1970. AJC FILE

Georgia State University viewed from Grady Memorial Hospital. AJC FILE

Civil War-era cannons foreground an early 1975 Atlanta skyline. GUY HAYES / AJC FILE

Peachtree Center area looking southwest from the Jackson Street Bridge above the Downtown Connector on Jan. 21, 1976. AJC FILE

Night skyline looking southwest.

View of Spring Street looking north toward Centennial Tower in Atlanta. AJC FILE

View of the Richard B. Russell Federal Building and Courthouse under construction on Nov. 12, 1977. AJC FILE

Five Points MARTA station under construction, looking southeast toward the Capitol in November 1977.

Atlantic Steel, located at the I-75-85 interchange and 14th Street. Bill Mahan/AJC FILE

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AJC file photo showing city in the early 20th century.

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