Martin Stupich Photographs : MARTA, 1977-1978.

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Martin Stupich Photographs : MARTA, 1977-1978.

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Images in this series depict the construction of Atlanta's mass-transit system known as MARTA. The images were created for a survey grant sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, and were taken in the areas of Five Points, Peachtree Center, Midtown, West End, Vine City, and Decatur. The photographs include images of the Atlanta skyline, buildings, building demolitions, subway stations, rail lines, and construction workers. Photographs of buildings include the Candler building, First Methodist Church, Summit building, Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta Public library, First National Bank building, Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, DeKalb County Courthouse, the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Life of Georgia building. The series also contains images of the demolition of the Carnegie Library, Atlanta National Bank, and the Forsyth building. Other images include the construction of subway stations, including the Five Points station, the Omni station, and the Decatur station. This series contains photographs of the construction of the East Line, and images of construction workers involved in building the system.

65 photographic prints : b&w.

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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