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. . Retired numbers 10 Media 3 One Atlantic Center 820 (250) 50 1987 125th-tallest building in the world 38th-tallest in the U.S Also known as the IBM Tower, 59 2514 After three straight losing seasons Bobby Cox was hired for his first stint as manager for the 1978 season He promoted 22-year-old slugger Dale Murphy into the starting lineup Murphy hit 77 home runs over the next three seasons but he struggled on defense unable to adeptly play either catcher or first base in 1980 Murphy was moved to center field and demonstrated excellent range and throwing ability while the Braves earned their first winning season since 1974 Cox was fired after the 1981 season and replaced with Joe Torre under whose leadership the Braves attained their first divisional title since 1969 Strong performances from Bob Horner Chris Chambliss pitcher Phil Niekro and short relief pitcher Gene Garber helped the Braves but no Brave was more acclaimed than Murphy who won both a Most Valuable Player and a Gold Glove award Murphy also won an MVP award the following season but the Braves began a period of decline that defined the team throughout the 1980s Murphy excelling in defense hitting and running was consistently recognized as one of the league's best players but the Braves averaged only 65 wins per season between 1985 and 1990 Their lowest point came in 1988 when they lost 106 games the 1986 season saw the return of Bobby Cox as general manager Also in 1986 the team stopped using their Indian-themed mascot Chief Noc-A-Homa; Fernbank Science Center, The Atlanta metropolitan area was first defined in 1950 as Fulton DeKalb Gwinnett Cobb and Clayton counties Walton Newton Douglas Fayette Forsyth Henry Cherokee Rockdale and Butts counties were added after the 1970 census with Barrow and Coweta counties joining in 1980 and Bartow Carroll Paulding Pickens and Spalding counties in 1990!

Milo Hamilton 10 Infrastructure 32 Josh Tomlin 84 2215 Aruba (3) Atlanta's 343 parks nature preserves and gardens cover 3,622 acres (14.66 km2) which amounts to only 5.6% of the city's total acreage compared to the national average of just over 10% However 64% of Atlantans live within a 10-minute walk of a park a percentage equal to the national average in its 2013 ParkScore ranking the Trust for Public Land reported that among the park systems of the 50 most populous U.S cities Atlanta's park system received a ranking of 31 Piedmont Park in Midtown is Atlanta's most iconic green space the park which underwent a major renovation and expansion in recent years attracts visitors from across the region and hosts cultural events throughout the year Other notable city parks include Centennial Olympic Park a legacy of the 1996 Summer Olympics that forms the centerpiece of the city's tourist district; Woodruff Park which anchors the campus of Georgia State University; Grant Park home to Zoo Atlanta; Chastain Park which houses an amphitheater used for live music concerts; and the under construction Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry the 280-acre green space and reservoir project slated to become the city's largest park when fully complete in the 2020s the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the northwestern corner of the city preserves a 48 mi (77 km) stretch of the river for public recreation opportunities. The British colonies in North America became part of the global British trading network as the value tripled for exports from British North America to Britain between 1700 and 1754 the colonists were restricted in trading with other European powers but they found profitable trade partners in the other British colonies particularly in the Caribbean the colonists traded foodstuffs wood tobacco and various other resources for Asian tea West Indian coffee and West Indian sugar among other items American Indians far from the Atlantic coast supplied the Atlantic market with beaver fur and deerskins British North America had an advantage in natural resources and established its own thriving shipbuilding industry and many North American merchants engaged in the transatlantic trade. In a 2011 Creative Loafing article claimed that:, Modes O After the Braves' departure from Turner Field Georgia State University acquired the former Olympic Stadium and surrounding parking lots and reconfigured the stadium for a second time into Georgia State Stadium for its college football team. . Starting rotation In the year of 2007 the sex trade generated $290 million in Atlanta This number derives from the study "Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major US Cities" by the Urban Institute with 18 interviews :121 conducted in Atlanta and includes "prostitutes massage parlors and brothels" including both "pimp controlled" and "non-pimp controlled" :122 in the study human trafficking is defined in the section "Background on the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States" as "any sex act in exchange for which anything of value is given to or received by any person (e.g prostitution)." :7.