Photos: #WeLoveATL visits abandoned GM plant

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Photos: #WeLoveATL visits abandoned GM plant

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Ed Castellon takes a photograph of electrical equipment with his phone during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - An exit sign sits in front of piles of rubble that used to be one of the buildings inside the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Keith Roland takes a photograph of a hydrant during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Jeff Hornyak walks through a doorway into one of the buildings inside the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Stan Mayhew (center) and Porsche Rittenhouse take photographs in one of the buildings inside the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Aaron Coury takes a selfie in a mirror during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - A Chevrolet sticker remains on an office door in one of the buildings inside the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Andrey Morochko takes a photograph out of the window of a bus during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Cam Perry (left) and Sandy Nguyen take photographs during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Eesl Kim takes a photograph of a pile of rebar that is set to be recycled during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Haley Parker takes a photograph out of the window of a bus during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Heavy machinery sits in front of piles of rubble and a half demolished building during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Photographers take pictures as a piece of heavy machinery picks up a steel girder during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - A piece of heavy machinery picks up a steel girder during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Sandy Nguyen (right) takes photographs of red hosing during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Rob Dunalewicz (right) and Aaron Coury place hardhats on the seats of a bus before a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - A group of photographers are given instructions and guidelines by Emily Schreck (center) before participating in a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Jacob Vallo (left) talks to photographers during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Kristin Bowen (right) and Adam Reid take photographs during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Piles of rubble and half demolished buildings liter what used to be the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk of the 165 acre property on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Jonathan Davis (right) walks past Sarah Reiff and Margie Bowen as they take photographs inside one of the few buildings that remain standing during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Meyly Brizuela (center) signs a release form held by Emily Schreck (right) before piling onto a bus full of photographers that will take them into the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Dale Bowen walks past rows of hardhats as he and other photographers board a bus to take them into the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

April 12, 2015 Doraville - Melissa Reid (center) takes a photograph of a hardhat held by her husband Adam while photographers pile onto a bus to take them into the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville during a #weloveatl photowalk on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

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April 12, 2015 Doraville - Ed Castellon takes a photograph of electrical equipment with his phone during a #weloveatl photowalk of the General Motors assembly plant in Doraville on Sunday, April 12, 2015. 120 photographers were given special access to the plant that is being demolished and re-imagined into a multi-use space. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

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