Fri 3rd The Atlanta metropolitan area is the ninth largest media market in the United States as ranked by Nielsen Media Research the state's other top markets are Savannah (95th largest) Augusta (115th largest) and Columbus (127th largest). In 1965 the university bought the former Pickrick Restaurant a site of confrontation in the Civil Rights Movement which it first used as a placement center Later it was known as the Ajax Building the building was razed in 2009. Arts facilities have led the way for modernists in Atlanta architecture with the High Museum designed by Richard Meier with a 2005 addition by Renzo Piano a recent design competition resulted in Freelon Associates (in conjunction with HOK) being selected as the architect for the new $100 million home of the Center for Civil and Human Rights Michael Graves' post-modern style is exhibited in the Ten Peachtree Place office building in Midtown and the Michael C Carlos Museum on the campus of Emory University the 50-story One Atlantic Center was designed by Philip Johnson in association with John Burgee Completed in 1980 the Atlanta-Fulton Central Public Library was designed by one of the 20th century's most notable modernists architects Marcel Breuer who holds the distinction of having studied and taught at the Bauhaus where early in his career Breuer first became a renowned furniture designer Atlanta also has its own Flatiron Building built in 1897 five years before the more famous Flatiron Building in New York City (1902).
. 3 Columbus Muscogee 194,160 Gentrification of the city's neighborhoods is one of the more controversial and transformative forces shaping contemporary Atlanta the gentrification of Atlanta has its origins in the 1970s after many of Atlanta's neighborhoods had undergone the urban decay that affected other major American cities in the mid-20th century When neighborhood opposition successfully prevented two freeways from being built through the city's east side in 1975 the area became the starting point for Atlanta's gentrification After Atlanta was awarded the Olympic games in 1990 gentrification expanded into other parts of the city stimulated by infrastructure improvements undertaken in preparation for the games Gentrification post-2000 has been aided by the Atlanta Housing Authority's eradication of the city's public housing and more recently the construction of the Beltline, 1 History 3.3 Officers P Badminton ? ? ? Paraguay (7). Outfielders Equipment used by the Atlanta Police Department, 54/12 68/20 Georgia 280.svg State Route 280 5.3.2.2 Basis of the private financial system. Portuguese and French Creole 0.16% 7.3 Economic policy 6 Participating National Olympic Committees 6 Europe 2000 3,234,304 39,930 Atlanta Georgia business directory Compared to other American cities Atlanta's economy in the past had been disproportionately affected by the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent recession with the city's economy earning a ranking of 68 among 100 American cities in a September 2014 report due to an elevated unemployment rate declining real income levels and a depressed housing market From 2010 to 2011 Atlanta saw a 0.9% contraction in employment and plateauing income growth at 0.4% Although unemployment had decreased to 7% by late 2014 this was still higher than the national unemployment rate of 5.8% Atlanta's housing market has also struggled with home prices dropping by 2.1% in January 2012 reaching levels not seen since 1996 Compared with a year earlier the average home price in Atlanta plummeted to 17.3% in February 2012 thus becoming the largest annual drop in the history of the index for any American or global city the decline in home prices prompted some economists to deem Atlanta the worst housing market in the nation at the height of the depression Nevertheless the city's real estate market has resurged since 2012 so much median home value and rent growth significantly outpaced the national average by 2018 thanks to a rapidly-growing regional economy. .
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