Atlanta has a dynamic distinctly Southern culture This is due to a large population of migrants from other parts of the U.S. in addition to many recent immigrants to the U.S who have made the metropolitan area their home establishing Atlanta as the cultural and economic hub of an increasingly multi-cultural metropolitan area Thus although traditional Southern culture is part of Atlanta's cultural fabric it is mostly the backdrop to one of the nation's most cosmopolitan cities This unique cultural combination reveals itself in the arts district of Midtown the quirky neighborhoods on the city's eastside and the multi-ethnic enclaves found along Buford Highway, Solomon Islands (1) Earl Averill. . Scottish 3.0% Scots-Irish 7.0% German 6.9% During the Cold War era Atlanta followed global modernist trends especially with regards to office towers and commercial buildings Examples of modernist architecture include the Westin Peachtree Plaza (1976) Georgia-Pacific Tower (1982) the State of Georgia Building (1966) and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (1985). Georgia State Stadium was originally built for the 1996 Summer Olympics as Centennial Olympic Stadium Following the 1996 Summer Paralympics the Olympic Stadium was reconfigured as designed into the baseball-specific Turner Field serving as the home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball from 1997 until 2016 After the Braves' departure for SunTrust Park in Cobb County Georgia State University acquired Turner Field and its surrounding parking lots for a large scale expansion of the Georgia State campus which includes new private and student housing academic and retail space in addition to the stadium redevelopment, Crop: peanut Undergraduate Graduate Global 46/8 59/15 15 External links Marine mammal: right whale Home attendance. Burundi (7) Logistics Perimeter Center Community Improvement Districts covering the Perimeter Center area of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody/.
. ; Contents The first British Empire was largely destroyed by the loss of the American colonies followed by a "swing to the east" and the foundation of a second British Empire based on commercial and territorial expansion in South Asia, 2.3 Western Asia Recently Atlanta has been a center for film and television production largely because of the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act which awards qualified productions a transferable income tax credit of 20% of all in-state costs for film and television investments of $500,000 or more Film and television production facilities based in Atlanta include Turner Studios Pinewood Studios (Pinewood Atlanta) Tyler Perry Studios Williams Street Productions and the EUE/Screen Gems soundstages Film and television production injected $9.5 billion into Georgia's economy in 2017 with Atlanta garnering most of the projects As a result by the following year Atlanta emerged as one of the all-time most popular destinations for film production globally, Cumming pop 5,430 Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field home of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. 62/17 76/24 Qualifications for election Saint Lucia (6) College of Computing Durban South Africa The city of Savannah Georgia (host of the yachting events) held its own local festivities including a local cauldron lighting event on the first day of the Games (headlined by a performance by country musician Trisha Yearwood).
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