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Georgia Pacific Tower
 

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View from the northeast - 2006-6-15 (467546)
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Looking up the southeast side - 2006-6-15 (498362)
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Identification
Official name Georgia Pacific Tower
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Emporis Building Number 121217
 
Location
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Bordering street #1 Ellis Street NE
Bordering street #2 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue NE
Bordering street #3 Peachtree Street NE
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Location Map (POI) *
Community Downtown
City Atlanta
State Georgia
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (struct.) 212 m 697 ft
Floors (OG) 52
Construction end 1981
 
Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- The Georgia Pacific Center was built on the old site of the Loew's Grand Theater, famous as the grand opening viewing site of "Gone with the Wind" in 1939.
- The Grand Office Building also occupied part of this site directly on Peachtree Street.
- The Hotel Aragon was on the southeast corner of Peachtree and Ellis Streets.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (New York)

Other companies: Georgia Pacific Corporation, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Claude R. Engle, Lighting Consultant, Cold Spring Granite, Inc., Owen Steel Company, Inc., McKinsey & Company.