** Atlanta Biltmore Hotel and Biltmore Apartments, in Atlanta, Georgia

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* 1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U. S. history.

Upon their return to Atlanta, the couple take up residence in the bridal suite at the National Hotel while their new home on Peachtree Street is being constructed.

* December 7 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, United States kills 119.

The Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Portman's first atrium hotel, would lead to many more iconic hotels and multi-use complexes with atria, including the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles ( 1974 – 1976 ), the New York Marriott Marquis ( 1982 – 1985 ), and the Renaissance Center in Detroit ( first phase 1973-1977 ), whose central tower has remained the tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere.

* Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, 1976

The Myon Hotel, built in 1906 was billed as the grandest hotel south of Atlanta.

In 1919, Murray began studying business administration at Georgia Tech, and taught ballroom dancing in Atlanta at the Georgian Terrace Hotel.

After housing 17 governors of Georgia ( each limited to a single term of office ) until 1921, it was demolished in 1923 for the Henry Grady Hotel, named for Atlanta Constitution newspaper journalist / magnate and philanthropist Henry W. Grady.

The bottom third of it is the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, which includes 244 guest rooms and is the only 5-star hotel in Midtown.

The tragedy remains the worst disaster in Nevada history, and the third-worst hotel fire in modern U. S. history, after the 1946 Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta that killed 119 people and the Dupont Plaza Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico fire on December 31, 1986, in which 97 perished.

The 2004 Libertarian National Convention was held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia Memorial Day weekend, May 27 to May 31.

WNNX's main transmitter is located in downtown Atlanta atop the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, the skyscraper well known for its reflective glass cylinder shape.

The complex is named Allen Plaza in commemoration of former Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen, Jr., and includes office space for the Southern Company and accounting firm Ernst & Young, as well as a W Hotel.

Other significant attractions or developments surrounding the park include The Georgia World Congress Center, the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Atlanta Apparel Mart, the Omni Hotel, the Tabernacle ( formerly a House of Blues location during the games ), and the CNN Center, CNN's world headquarters.

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It was the tallest hotel in the world from the time of its construction until the Peachtree Plaza Hotel opened in Atlanta, Georgia in 1975.

The 2004 Libertarian National Convention was held from May 28 to May 31, 2004 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

When topped-off in August 1983, it was the tallest building south of New York City and east of the Mississippi River, taking away the same title from the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, in Atlanta, Georgia.

It remained the tallest building in the southeastern U. S. until 1987, when it was surpassed by One Atlantic Center in Atlanta, and the tallest in Florida until October 1, 2003, when it was surpassed by the Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, also in Miami.

Currently Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group operates hotels in Hong Kong ( 3 ), Bangkok, Tokyo, Manila, Jakarta, Macau ( 2 ), Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Chiang Mai, Sanya, London, Paris, Munich, Geneva, Prague, Barcelona, New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Washington D. C., Miami, Boston, Atlanta and Bermuda.

Principal architect John Portman was also the architect for the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel and the Peachtree Center in Atlanta, Georgia ; the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California ; and the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

Pei finally saw his architecture come to life in 1950, when he designed a corporate building for Gulf Oil in Atlanta, Georgia.

The novelty architecture was designed by Hubert Puckett, a Georgia Tech student of architecture, and fabricated by Atlantic Steel in nearby Atlanta ( of which Marietta is a suburb ).

For digital satellite TV signals, a dedicated commercial satellite receiver such as a GI DSR4400X or a Scientific Atlanta / PowerVu satellite receiver is needed for each channel that is to be distributed by the cable system ; these are usually rack-mountable receivers that are designed to take up less space than consumer receivers.

Developed by Capitol Broadcasting and reopened as the American Tobacco Historic District ; Phase 1 consisted of the Fowler, Crowe, Strickland, Reed, and Washington Buildings, and included the construction of two new parking garages and a water fall feature through the center of the campus designed by Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart of Atlanta, Georgia and constructed by W. P. Law Inc. based in Lexington, South Carolina.

A new marketing campaign which stated " The Fun in Town is Underground " was designed to help its public image, and although the area saw significant attendance during the 1996 Olympics, Underground Atlanta still ended the year $ 6. 5 million in the red.

This coverage increase was designed to greatly improve the radio station's coverage to encompass more of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

It was designed by a partnership of Atlanta architectural firm FABRAP, and New York firm Emery Roth & Sons.

In 2004 and 2005, the similarly designed Texas Motor Speedway saw slightly faster qualifying times, but as the tracks ' respective racing surfaces have worn, qualifying speeds at Atlanta have again become consistently faster than at Texas ( 2005 and 2006 ).

* PMS Syntar, an earliest keytar synthesizer designed by George Mattson ( Performance Music Systems ) and exhibited at 1979 Atlanta NAMM

They made their first public projection using their invention, named Phantascope after an earlier model designed by Jenkins alone, in September 1895 at the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta.

The fountain forms a splash pad that was designed for children to frolic in, as well as for concert-goers and joggers to cool off in on hot Atlanta summer days.

The current location for the Atlanta MEPS was designed and built specifically for use by the MEPS.

The St. Louis, Missouri architecture firm of Eames and Young designed both Leavenworth and the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta. Leavenworth's prison cells are back to back in the middle of the structure facing the walls.

Goizueta ’ s Evening MBA program is designed for professionals currently living and working in the Metro Atlanta area.

* Atlanta class light cruisers ( the Atlantas were originally designed as flotilla leaders, though soon retasked as anti-aircraft cruisers )

Arts facilities have led the way for modernists in Atlanta architecture with the High Museum designed by Richard Meier with a 2005 addition by Renzo Piano.

Siah Armajani designed the Olympic Torch presiding over the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

A Phillip Trammell Shutze designed house, the Swan House, is also on the grounds of the Atlanta History Center.

Along with Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the zoo is also advising in the construction and management of the Tooro Botanical Garden, which is designed to preserve and research the extraordinary biodiversity of the Albertine Rift region, with a special program for medicinal plant research.

Some of the contributing buildings and structures are the 1907 semi-circular drive with the surrounding buildings: Peterson Hall, Davis Hall, and Powell Hall that were designed by Haralson Bleckley, who was an Atlanta architect.

Individually nominated to the National Register of Historic Places, the primary building on the property ’ s south side was originally designed by John Francis Downing, the son of the noted Atlanta architect W. T. Downing.

Two nationally recognized architectural firms designed the Liacouras Center: Vitetta Group, of Philadelphia, and Thompson Ventulett Stainback & Associates, of Atlanta.

The arena was designed by the Civic Center Design Team ( CCDT ), Burt Taggart & Associates, Architects / Engineers, The Wilcox Group, Garver & Garver Engineering and Rosser International of Atlanta.