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Flashback Photos: Atlanta landmarks that are gone
From our archives: Here are some local landmarks we recall personally and some we've enjoyed just hearing tell of from others way back when.
Atlanta Cyclorama: Building getting new lease on life
Atlanta Stadium: Hosted Beatles, home to Braves
The Omni: Hawks hoops, concerts and wrasslin'
The Atlanta Airport: Jet-setting, Southern style
The C&S Bank Tower: A true Atlanta original
Ponce de Leon Park: Mind the magnolia, you Crackers
Terminal Station: Atlanta's railway palace
The Atlantic Steel Company: Atlanta urban industrialism
Loew's Grand Theatre: Elegance and art all in one
The Georgia Governor's Mansion: Politics at The Prado
Henry Grady Hotel
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Plans call for the Cyclorama, one of the city’s most valuable cultural artifacts, to leave its Grant Park home of nearly a century and relocate to a new building at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead. Zoo Atlanta would receive the existing Cyclorama building in Grant Park, which has housed the massive, panoramic, city-owned painting, depicting the Battle of Atlanta, since 1921. The neoclassical building will be adapted for new uses, thus preserving one of the city's near-century-old landmark structures. But many other Atlanta landmarks haven't been as fortunate as the Cyclorama building. They've fallen, literally and figuratively, as the city has grown throughout the 20th century and into the new millenium. Some enjoyed a long lifespan while others met their fate at a relatively young age, architecturally speaking, but for Atlantans of a certain age, most remain alive and well as memorable parts of our ever-expanding city's history. Here are some we recall personally and some we've enjoyed just hearing tell of from others way back when... -- Text by Howard Pousner, AJC, and AJC staff

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PHOTOS: 2025 MLB All-Star Game ends in swing-off

MLB stars in the American League and the National League showed out at Truist Park on Tuesday night.

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PHOTOS: Atlanta rolls out the red carpet for MLB All-Star Game

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Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com

PHOTOS: SEC Media Days in Atlanta

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PHOTOS: Beyoncé fans embrace cowboy culture for Atlanta shows

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Credit: Jason Getz/AJC

PHOTOS: 2025 Home Run Derby in Atlanta

A day before Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta, fans turned out at Truist Park for this year's Home Run Derby.

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PHOTOS: All-Star Village draws baseball fans in Atlanta

Fans embraced all things baseball as the All-Star Village for opened for All-Star Game activities.

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Credit: Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

PHOTOS: MLB Draft held at the Coca-Cola Roxy

Major League Baseball held its annual amateur draft on Sunday at the Coca-Cola Roxy. With its first-round pick, the Braves selected shortstop Tate Southisene.

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Credit: Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

PHOTOS: Runners pay tribute to Hank Aaron

Runners hit the streets of Atlanta a MLB 4.4-mile tribute for Braves legend Hank Aaron near the locaton of homerun record.