Touring Atlanta's underground streets

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Touring Atlanta's underground streets

Atlanta architect Jeff Morrison, who has a passion for downtown Atlanta's underground gulches and railroads, leads an underground tour.

Shadowy figures start off on a tour of Atlanta's underground streets. Atlanta architect Jeff Morrison, who has a passion for downtown Atlanta's underground gulches and railroads, leads the tour.

Jeff Morrison's tours start at Underground Atlanta, staying above ground as they make their way to the Georgia Dome, and then heading underground Here, Morrison stands between the tracks of one of the three original train lines that came into Altanta, at a place originally called the Monroe Embankment. That area is at ground level between Philips Arena and the CNN parking deck.

Joe Perry, Joyce de Vries, and Rob Hill look over a map as they make their way down Lower Wall Street, near the area where Peachtree Street crosses above them.

Sol Salazar walks into a small sliver of light on Lower Wall Street at an point below the Five Points MARTA station plaza.

Morrison points out buildings on a large photo of Atlanta at the site of the Zero Mile Post, while someone holds up an old photo of the town. The Zero Mile Post marked the Southeastern terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

Jeff Morrison stands at the site of the Zero Mile Post. In the 1800s, a settlement grew there and eventually became Atlanta.

The tour stops a moment at ground level between the a parking deck known as the International Deck and the Georgia Dome.

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Shadowy figures start off on a tour of Atlanta's underground streets. Atlanta architect Jeff Morrison, who has a passion for downtown Atlanta's underground gulches and railroads, leads the tour.

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