As a national center for the arts Atlanta is home to significant art museums and institutions the renowned High Museum of Art is arguably the South's leading art museum and among the most-visited art museums in the world the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) and the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film are the only such museums in the Southeast Contemporary art museums include the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Institutions of higher education contribute to Atlanta's art scene with the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta campus providing the city's arts community with a steady stream of curators and Emory University's Michael C Carlos Museum containing the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast. Contents In the 1880s electrified trains were introduced leading to electrification of tramways and rapid transit systems Starting during the 1940s the non-electrified railways in most countries had their steam locomotives replaced by diesel-electric locomotives with the process being almost complete by the 2000s During the 1960s electrified high-speed railway systems were introduced in Japan and later in some other countries Many countries are in the process of replacing diesel locomotives with electric locomotives mainly due to environmental concerns a notable example being Switzerland which has completely electrified its network Other forms of guided ground transport outside the traditional railway definitions such as monorail or maglev have been tried but have seen limited use, Butts (24,059) Today Georgia Tech is organized into six colleges and contains about 31 departments/units with emphasis on science and technology It is well recognized for its degree programs in engineering computing business administration the sciences and design Georgia Tech is ranked tied for 8th among all public national universities in the United States tied for 4th in the Best Undergraduate Engineering Schools ranking tied for 35th among all colleges and universities in the United States by U.S News & World Report rankings as of 2019 and 34th among global universities in the world by Times Higher Education rankings as of 2019, Despite their highly technical backgrounds Tech graduates are no strangers to the arts or athletic competition Among them comedian/actor Jeff Foxworthy of Blue Collar Comedy Tour fame and Randolph Scott both called Tech home Several famous athletes have as well; about 150 Tech students have gone into the National Football League (NFL) with many others going into the National Basketball Association (NBA) or Major League Baseball (MLB) Well-known American football athletes include all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton Pat Swilling Billy Shaw and Joe Guyon former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher and recent students such as Calvin Johnson and Tashard Choice Some of Tech's recent entrants into the NBA include Josh Okogie Chris Bosh Derrick Favors Thaddeus Young Jarrett Jack and Iman Shumpert Award-winning baseball stars include Kevin Brown Mark Teixeira Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek in golf Tech alumni include the legendary Bobby Jones who founded the Masters and David Duval who was ranked the No 1 golfer in the world in 1999. Map of part of Midtown Atlanta 1895, Street gangs of various levels of sophistication have had a presence in the city since the late 1970's in 2015 Atlanta police were tracking about 192 gangs more than double the number identified six years earlier the supervisor of the FBI's Atlanta Safe Streets Gang Task Force said in 2016 that more than half of violent crime in the city involved gang members in addition to violent crime drug dealing and carjacking some Atlanta gangs commit identity theft and credit card fraud. . 11 Culture and attractions Mauritania (4), Georgia has 85 public colleges universities and technical colleges in addition to over 45 private institutes of higher learning Among Georgia's public universities is the flagship research university the University of Georgia founded in 1785 as the country's oldest state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education the University System of Georgia is the presiding body over public post-secondary education in the state the System includes 29 institutions of higher learning and is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents Georgia's workforce of more than 6.3 million is constantly refreshed by the growing number of people who move there along with the 90,000 graduates from the universities colleges and technical colleges across the state including the highly ranked University of Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. .
Racial composition 1990 2000 2010 Performing arts venues, AT&T Midtown Center The American Institute of Architecture's 1993 Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta:. 6 See also As planned all commuter trains would arrive at the Atlanta Multimodal Passenger Terminal (MMPT) the long-delayed facility just across Peachtree Street from the Five Points MARTA station where all of its lines meet Planning for the system and its extension as intercity rail across the state are the responsibility of the Georgia Rail Passenger Authority, 2004 2,327,565 29,399 58.7% 16th 21st Pitchers 9 Historiography, Since the 1970s residents of Sandy Springs had waged a long-running battle to incorporate their community as a city which would make it independent of county council control They were repeatedly blocked in the state legislature by Atlanta Democrats but when control of state government switched to suburban Republicans after the 2002 and 2004 elections the movement to charter the city picked up steam. . 1.1 Antebellum Forsyth (227,967) Badminton (5) Music Georgia Tech Cable Network or GTCN is the college's branded cable source Most non-original programming is obtained from Dish Network GTCN currently has 100 standard-definition channels and 23 high-definition channels. Atlanta Medical Center 11 Culture and attractions 1.1 Native American settlements Amtrak's loyalty program Guest Rewards is similar to the frequent-flyer programs of many airlines Guest Rewards members accumulate points by riding Amtrak and through other activities and can redeem these points for free or discounted Amtrak tickets and other rewards.
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