The Braves began the season on a nine-game losing streak which is the worst opening by the franchise since 1988 when they dropped the first 10 games of that season. . Cuba (164) Tourists are drawn to the city's culinary scene which comprises a mix of urban establishments garnering national attention ethnic restaurants serving cuisine from every corner of the world and traditional eateries specializing in Southern dining Since the turn of the 21st century Atlanta has emerged as a sophisticated restaurant town Many restaurants opened in the city's gentrifying neighborhoods have received praise at the national level including Bocado Bacchanalia and Miller Union in West Midtown Empire State South in Midtown and Two Urban Licks and Rathbun's on the east side in 2011 the New York Times characterized Empire State South and Miller Union as reflecting "a new kind of sophisticated Southern sensibility centered on the farm but experienced in the city." Visitors seeking to sample international Atlanta are directed to Buford Highway the city's international corridor and suburban Gwinnett County There the nearly-million immigrants that make Atlanta home have established various authentic ethnic restaurants representing virtually every nationality on the globe for traditional Southern fare one of the city's most famous establishments is the Varsity a long-lived fast food chain and the world's largest drive-in restaurant Mary Mac's Tea Room and Paschal's are more formal destinations for Southern food, The player's strike cut short the 1994 season prior to the division championships with the Braves six games behind the Montreal Expos with 48 games left to play, The water boundaries are still set to be the original thalweg of the rivers Since then several have been inundated by lakes created by dams including the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee/Flint point now under Lake Seminole. Several sites honor the lives and careers of noted American leaders: the Little White House in Warm Springs which served as the summer residence of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt while he was being treated for polio; President Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains and the Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta; the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site in Atlanta which is the final resting place of Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King; and Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr King preached, 9 Home attendance 96 3424 The Province of Carolina was the second attempted English settlement south of Virginia the first being the failed attempt at Roanoke it was a private venture financed by a group of English Lords Proprietors who obtained a Royal Charter to the Carolinas in 1663 hoping that a new colony in the south would become profitable like Jamestown Carolina was not settled until 1670 and even then the first attempt failed because there was no incentive for emigration to that area Eventually however the Lords combined their remaining capital and financed a settlement mission to the area led by Sir John Colleton the expedition located fertile and defensible ground at what became Charleston originally Charles Town for Charles II of England! .
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, Equipment used by the Atlanta Police Department, The interior of a long-distance Amfleet II coach. Guyana (7) International 9% 37.6% See also: List of hip hop musicians from Atlanta; In terms of the horsepower to weight ratio a slow-moving barge requires 0.2 horsepower per short ton (0.16 kW/t) a railway and pipeline requires 2.5 horsepower per short ton (2.1 kW/t) and truck requires 10 horsepower per short ton (8.2 kW/t) However at higher speeds a railway overcomes the barge and proves most economical! Main article: Arts in Atlanta The Illinois Central Railroad's Panama Limited long-distance diesel streamliner train.
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