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on the east side of the intersection between Edgewood Avenue and Decatur Avenue. The nearly 50-foot tall sign has a 33-foot lighted neon face and faces up and down Peachtree Street. A lighted portion at the bottom of the sign gives the current time and temperature.
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Street, before a section of Whitehall was renamed as an extension of Peachtree Street to give businesses south of Five Points the prestige of a Peachtree Street address). Five Points is usually considered by Atlantans to be the center of town, and it is the
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and the development of shopping malls, the economic and demographic center of Atlanta shifted northward, and Five Points went into decay. By the 21st century, the area was revitalizing, mostly due to the expansion of
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system for the city and county, although four of the streets (except Edgewood) are rotated at least 30° clockwise from their nominal directions, along with the rest of the downtown
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is on the northeast corner of the intersection, between Peachtree Street and Edgewood Avenue. The
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in 1846. In 1848, Five Points served as the location of Atlanta's first mayoral election.
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Until the 1960s, Five Points represented the central hub of Atlanta. With the advent of
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at Five Points. The system delivered water to Atlanta's residents via wooden pipes.
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Five-street intersection and district in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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at what is now Five Points, and the store later served as Atlanta's first
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A large round Coca-Cola sign overlooks Five Points, atop the
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is one block south of the intersection on Peachtree Street.
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Coca-Cola
Olympia Building
Atlanta, Georgia
United States
downtown
Marietta
Edgewood
Decatur
Peachtree Street
Whitehall
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Woodruff Park

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