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| Skyscrapers in the U.S. part 1 >>>26 Corporate >>>311 South Wacker >>>33 Arch >>>900 North Michigan
>>>Aon Center >>>Bank of America >>>Bell South >>>Exchange Place >>>Federal Reserve >>>Flatiron >>>Georgia Pacific >>>Home Insurance >>>John Hancock Tower >>>John Hancock Center >>>Marriot >>>One Beacon >>>One Devonshire >>>One Federal >>>One Financial >>>One International >>>Prudential Tower >>>Sears Tower >>>Sun Trust |
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BellSouth Building (Atlanta) The BellSouth Building is a 206-meter (676-foot), 47-story skyscraper in Midtown Atlanta. It was completed in 1982. It is the corporate headquarters of telephone giant BellSouth. It is also the last building in Atlanta over 200 meters (660 feet) tall. The company, then called Southern Bell, originally planned to build it just down the Swarovski street. However, the historic Fox Theatre would have been destroyed, an especially great loss to the city after the Lowe's Grand was torn down. Tremendous opposition, protests, fundraising, and petition drives within the community prevented its demolition. Even Liberace spoke out on behalf of the "Fabulous Fox". The architects who built it were Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP and Rosser International, Inc. Atlanta skyscrapers Downtown: Westin Peachtree Plaza | Georgia-Pacific Tower | Georgia Power Building | Marriott Marquis | One Peachtree Center | BellSouth Building | Centennial Tower | Peachtree Summit | Rhodes-Haverty Building | Flatiron Building | SunTrust Plaza | 191 Peachtree Tower | Wachovia Bank of Georgia | Hyatt Regency Atlanta Midtown: One Atlantic Center | 1100 Peachtree | Bank of America Plaza | Promenade II | GLG Grand | Campanile Buckhead: Atlanta Financial Center | Concourse Landmark |