Peachtree Center is a district located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the structures that make up the district were designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman Jr. A defining feature of the Peachtree Center is a network of enclosed pedestrian sky bridges suspended above the street-level. The district is served by the Peachtree Center MARTA station, providing access to rapid transit.
History
Intended to be the new downtown for Atlanta, Peachtree Center emerged as a distinct district in the early 1970s as a networked realm of convention hotels, shopping galleries, and office buildings a quarter-mile north of Five Points. Peachtree Center is notable for its uniform embodiment of the modern architectural style popular at the time. Yet the defining feature of Peachtree Center is its insular orientation, which allows patrons and workers to avoid interacting with the street level by traversing the area through sky bridges. By the mid-1980s, Peachtree Center had become the core of a dedicated hotel-convention district that lay at the heart of the Downtown economy, even as the remainder of Downtown Atlanta deteriorated markedly.
While at the time Peachtree Center was considered the salvation of a decaying downtown Atlanta, contemporary city planning is highly critical of such insular environments that "turn their back" on the city streets. Thus, as intown Atlanta began its post-1990 resurgence, Peachtree Center was increasingly criticized as an area that epitomized contemporary Atlanta's generic urbanity and sense of placelessness.The Postsouthern Sense Of Place In Contemporary Fiction, Page 6 By Martyn Bone Other critics claim that Peachtree Center is disorienting, killed downtown street-life, and disregarded the existing urban context.
The center was recognized for its architecture with listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. In 2025, the Peachtree Center towers were placed for sale after the former owner experienced financial issues. Architecture
Name Height Floors Year Notes Peachtree Center Tower 230 Peachtree Street 31 floors 1965 Peachtree Center North (Gas Light Tower)235 Peachtree Street 27 floors 1968 Peachtree Center South 225 Peachtree Street 27 floors 1970 Hyatt Regency Atlanta 24 floors 1967 Harris Tower 233 Peachtree Center NE 31 floors 1974 Peachtree Center International Tower (Cain Tower)229 Peachtree Street NE 30 floors 1976 Marquis I245 Peachtree Center NE 30 floors 1985 Marquis II285 Peachtree Center NE 30 floors 1989 Peachtree Athletic Club227 Courtland Street NE 9 floors 1985 Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel210 Peachtree Street NW 73 floors 1976 Atlanta Marriott Marquis265 Peachtree Center Avenue NE 52 floors 1985 AmericasMartVarious Addresses Various Heights 1961, 1979, 1992, 2008 Truist Plaza303 Peachtree Street NE 60 floors 1992 American Cancer Society Center250 Williams Street NW 10 floors 1989
Governmental Organisations The U.S. Census Bureau has its Atlanta Regional Census Center in Suite 1000 in the Marquis Two Tower."The Atlanta Region." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on January 17, 2010. Several additional U.S. Government agencies have their southeast regional offices located in the Harris Tower, including the Department of Transportation, Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, and Internal Revenue Service.
The Consulate-General of Argentina is located in Suite 2101 in the Marquis One Tower."Contáctenos." Consulate-General of Argentina in Atlanta. Retrieved on July 28, 2009."Peachtree Center" (Map). Peachtree Center. Retrieved on July 28, 2009. The Consulate-General of Germany is located in Suite 901 of the Marquis Two Tower."Address, Contact and Office Hours ." Consulate-General of Germany in Atlanta. Retrieved on July 28, 2009. The Consulate-General of South Korea is located in Suite 500 in the International Tower.
Gallery
See also Embarcadero Center, San Francisco Rockefeller Center, New York
References
External links
Peachtree Center official website