Hoping to resuscitate a portion of Atlanta's heart
After languishing for years as a tacky, costly hole, Underground Atlanta, a 12-acre complex of viaducts and storefronts, is set for another makeover
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THERE was a time in the 1960s when Underground Atlanta, a 12-acre complex of viaducts and storefronts in the heart of downtown, was billed as this city's answer to Bourbon Street. In the 1980s, it was reimagined as a tourist-friendly "festival marketplace" full of novelty retailers angling to attract out-of-town conventioneers. When that idea faltered, there was talk of turning it into a casino.
Today, after languishing for years as a tacky, costly hole in the centre of the city, Underground is due for its next major makeover, one based on a radical concept for this sprawl-loving metropolis: people might actually want to live downtown.
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