Aerial view of railyards slide, 1961

December, 1961. This view looks to the southwest from the recently opened Top O' Peachtree restaurant and lounge, which was located on the 30th floor of the Bank Of Georgia building at Five Points. The density of the rail yard infrastructure is amazing. See the circular parking deck near the middle of the photo? It no longer exists, but can be seen in the movie Robocop 3, which was filmed in Atlanta in 1991, though the movie was not released until 1993. Scroll down to see a couple of screen shots from Robocop 3 showing the parking deck. One of these days, I'll do a full-blown Robocop 3 section here on the site. BACK TO THUMBNAIL PAGE

Top photo by Lynn Harrington, appearing here courtesy of Sherwood Harrington