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An Apollonaut travel guide
A hall beside the park.
An introduction to downtown Atlanta, where the College Football Hall of Fame stands on the west side of Centennial Olympic Park.
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Read the city from the park
The Hall stands on Marietta Street beside Centennial Olympic Park, which was built for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights are on the park’s north side.
A city guide can give context without turning a neighbourhood into a backdrop. Notice how the park opens up the downtown grid, how the towers rise behind it, and how buildings from different decades sit side by side.
A building for the game
The Hall’s 94,256 square feet hold about 50,000 square feet of exhibit and event space, with a 45-yard indoor football field at its centre.
Begin with a detail and ask how it was made and maintained. A photograph alone cannot tell you who built a building or the conditions in which they worked.
An Olympic legacy
Centennial Olympic Park was conceived as a gathering place for the 1996 Games and a lasting legacy for the city. Its Fountain of Rings sends jets of water into the air in time with music.
On 27 July 1996, a bomb in the park killed two people and injured 111 others during the Games. The park is a place of celebration and also of remembrance.
Make room for context
Pair this city reading with the Hall’s history and the Journal. This is an introduction for visitors, not a claim that our team manages these places, commissions their restoration or represents their makers.
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Sources & further reading
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