As the 1950s progressed the reinvigorated Braves became increasingly competitive Sluggers Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron drove the offense (they would hit a combined 1,226 home runs as Braves with 850 of those coming while the franchise was in Milwaukee) often aided by another power hitter Joe Adcock while Warren Spahn Lew Burdette and Bob Buhl anchored the rotation the 1956 Braves finished second only one game behind the Brooklyn Dodgers. Religion Because Atlanta was a settlement that grew from a planned railroad terminus and later a railroad junction rather than being planned in a grand manner its antebellum architecture was unremarkable compared to patrician Savannah or other older Southern cities the town's most important buildings included Edward A Vincent's Union Station (1853) the Atlanta Trout House and Washington Hall hotels and the Atlanta Bank An 1859 industrial journal noted that:. Atlanta Georgia business directory 1.2 Postbellum Yugoslavia (68), 5 Logos The 1996 Summer Olympic programme featured 271 events in 26 sports Softball beach volleyball and mountain biking debuted on the Olympic program together with women's football and lightweight rowing. 70/21 90/32 Freedom Park Fulton County has a 7% total sales tax including 4% state 1% SPLOST 1% homestead exemption and 1% MARTA Sales taxes apply through the entire county and its cities except for Atlanta's additional 1% Municipal Option Sales Tax to fund capital improvements to its combined wastewater sewer systems (laying new pipes to separate storm sewers from sanitary sewers) and to its drinking water system Fulton County has lowered its general fund millage rate by 26% over an eight-year period. 7.1 Utilities Cooktops and ovens are a mix of gas and electric while gas clothes dryers are rather rare Nearly all homes have a fireplace[citation needed] with a manual-valve gas starter and some are now equipped with permanent gas logs with electric switch start Some homes also have natural gas barbecue grills formerly sold at utility company stores.
Of the 376,377 households 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them 35.7% were married couples living together 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present 44.4% were non-families and 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals the average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.15 the median age was 34.2 years. 39/4 Main article: Economy of Atlanta 50/10 80/27 Fiji (17). Atlanta's Georgia Dome hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 the Georgia Dome hosted the NCAA Final Four Men's Basketball National Championship in 2002 2007 and 2013 it hosted WWE's WrestleMania XXVII in 2011 an event which set an attendance record of 71,617 the dome was also the venue of the annual Chick-fil-A Bowl post-season college football games Since 2017 they have been held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium along with the FIRST World Championships. The primary network-affiliated television stations in Atlanta are WXIA-TV 11 (NBC) WGCL-TV 46 (CBS) WSB-TV 2 (ABC) and WAGA-TV 5 (Fox) Other major commercial stations include WPXA-TV 14 (Ion) WPCH-TV 17 (Ind.) WUVG-TV 34 (Univision) WUPA 69 (CW) and WATL 36 (MyNetworkTV) WPXA-TV WUVG-TV WAGA-TV and WUPA are network O&O's the Atlanta metropolitan area is served by two public television stations (both PBS member stations) and one public radio station WGTV 8 is the flagship station of the statewide Georgia Public Television network while WPBA is owned by Atlanta Public Schools Georgia Public Radio is listener-funded and comprises one NPR member station WABE a classical music station operated by Atlanta Public Schools! Savannah 60/16 Atlanta's Piedmont Park with rare snowfall in winter. . . !
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