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This
1959 photo shows the International Association of Machinists'
building at 157 Forsyth Street SW on the south side of
downtown. It's still there but was significantly changed
in a very unflattering way at some point for reasons unknown,
at least to me. The trade union dates back to 1888, when
it was formed right here in Atlanta by a group of railroad
machinists. The organization is now known as the
International Association of Machinists And Aerospace Workers
and its headquarters can be found on Virginia Avenue, just
north of the airport.
Two
buildings to the right of 157 Forsyth, at the corner of
Forsyth and Trinity Streets, stands (barely) a brick facade
that fronts a hollowed-out and mostly destroyed
building. See two not very contemporary photos
below. They were taken in 2009 and have languished on my
computer for five years now! Photo
courtesy of the Ga. State University Library Archives,
file #N_6171_a. Google map
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