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. The creation of the city of Sandy Springs stimulated the founding of two additional cities resulting in no unincorporated areas remaining in north Fulton In a domino effect the residents of southwest Fulton voted in referenda to create additional cities in 2007 one of these two referenda passed and the other was defeated but later passed in 2016, On December 15 1939 Atlanta hosted the premiere of Gone with the Wind the epic film based on the best-selling novel by Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell the gala event at Loew's Grand Theatre was attended by the film's legendary producer David O Selznick and the film's stars Clark Gable Vivien Leigh and Olivia de Havilland but Oscar winner Hattie McDaniel an African American actress was barred from the event due to racial segregation laws and policies. .

Most of Atlanta was burned during the Civil War depleting the city of a large stock of its historic architecture Yet architecturally the city had never been traditionally "southern" because Atlanta originated as a railroad town rather than a patrician southern seaport like Savannah or Charleston Many of the city's landmarks share architectural characteristics with buildings in the Northeast or Midwest. Basketball Atlanta offers resources and opportunities for amateur and participatory sports and recreation Golf and tennis are popular in Atlanta and the city contains six public golf courses and 182 tennis courts Facilities along the Chattahoochee River cater to watersports enthusiasts providing the opportunity for kayaking canoeing fishing boating or tubing the city's only skate park a 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) facility that offers bowls curbs and smooth-rolling concrete mounds is at Historic Fourth Ward Park, Main article: Centennial Olympic Stadium, 5.3.1 Modernization In 1867 Major General John Pope military governor of Georgia called for an assembly in Atlanta to hold a constitutional convention at that time Atlanta officials moved once again to have the city designated as Georgia's state capital donating the property where Atlanta's first city hall was constructed the constitutional convention agreed and the people voted to ratify the decision on April 20 1868 the Georgia General Assembly first convened in Atlanta on July 4 1868. . . . European development economists have argued that the existence of modern rail infrastructure is a significant indicator of a country's economic advancement: this perspective is illustrated notably through the Basic Rail Transportation Infrastructure Index (known as BRTI Index). On October 13 1885 Georgia Governor Henry D McDaniel signed the bill to create and fund the new school in 1887 Atlanta pioneer Richard Peters donated to the state 4 acres (1.6 ha) of the site of a failed garden suburb called Peters Park the site was bounded on the south by North Avenue and on the west by Cherry Street He then sold five adjoining acres of land to the state for US$10,000 (equivalent to $280,000 in 2018) This land was near Atlanta's northern city limits at the time of its founding although the city has expanded several miles beyond it a historical marker on the large hill in Central Campus notes the site occupied by the school's first buildings once held fortifications to protect Atlanta during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War the surrender of the city took place on the southwestern boundary of the modern Georgia Tech campus in 1864, Bolivia (8), Economy In 1972 the OMNI in Atlanta became home to the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League in 1980 the team had departed for Calgary Alberta becoming the Calgary Flames in 1999 the NHL returned to Atlanta in the form of the Atlanta Thrashers the Thrashers played in Philips Arena; however the team moved to Winnipeg Manitoba and became the current Winnipeg Jets in 2011 again leaving Atlanta without an NHL franchise. J Spahn Amtrak Express (reporting marks AMTK AMTZ) provides small-package and less-than-truckload shipping among more than 100 cities Amtrak Express also offers station-to-station shipment of human remains to many express cities at smaller stations funeral directors must load and unload the shipment onto and off the train Amtrak hauled mail for the United States Postal Service and time-sensitive freight but canceled these services in October 2004 due to minuscule profits on most parts of the few lines that Amtrak owns trackage rights agreements allow freight railroads to use its trackage.