Susan G Rifkin DDS

An Atlanta police car In 2016 patrons borrowed over 4.2 million items made 4 million visits to the libraries and its website had over 4 million hits. . . 4.1.1 Earthquakes and fault lines The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) sought to build the stadium in a way that it could be converted to a new baseball stadium and ACOG paid for the conversion This was considered a good agreement for both the Olympic Committee and the Braves the 71,000-seat Georgia Dome had been completed four years earlier by the state of Georgia to become the home of the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons so there was no need for another large stadium in downtown Atlanta Furthermore the Braves had already been exploring opportunities for a new stadium the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority owned the stadium and leased it to the Braves who operated the stadium as Turner Field the stadium hosted notable events such as games 1 and 2 of the 1999 World Series and the 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game the end of the Braves' most recent lease in 2016 coincided with the team's departure for SunTrust Park. .

Uzbekistan (71), 14 See also 34 Marty Reed (bullpen) 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; D Contents The Georgia Historical Society an independent educational and research institution has a research center located in Savannah the research center's library and archives hold the oldest collection of materials related to Georgia history in the nation. According to historian Henry Adams the system of railroads needed: Economic growth through this period was dominated by Atlanta and its region it was a bedrock of the emerging "New South" From the late 20th century Atlanta attracted headquarters and relocated workers of national companies becoming more diverse liberal and cosmopolitan than many areas of the state.