Welcome to Atlanta
From a quiet, slumbering city on the South whose icon was a meeting of Peachtree streets, Atlanta has arched into the group of international travel destinations and a special source of inspiration for African Americans. It is widely known for its world-class airport, freeway and transit infrastructure, trend-setting restaurants, CNN, former UN Ambassador, numerous luxury hotels, plus a history of interracial relationship. And, it is these assets that enabled Atlanta to attract the 1996 Summer Olympics. Since then, the city started to win best city awards and drawn 17 million visitors every year. Today, “Hotlanta”, as it is commonly called, is considered as the number one vacation destination of Black travelers and for good reason.
Welcome to Atlanta Sports Hotspots
An Olympic host, it is so typical for the city of Atlanta to be blessed with a legacy of sports venues and general attractions. As you may know, there is the Olympic Stadium that morphed into Turner Field for the Atlanta Braves baseball. The Georgia Institute of Technology, Morris Brown College, and Morehouse College are there to collect major sports facilities in use by these colleges. It is also interesting to know that the Georgia Dome became the main center for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcon and regular center on the Super Bowl host-city rotation.
Perhaps the best legacy of Atlanta is the inspiring and enchanting water sculptures of the Olympic Park, which greatly attract families to a once moribund collection of empty collection of parking lots. Also interesting to know is the fact that the Olympic Park stands at the epicenter of CNN Center Tours, Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena, a Children’s Museum, the titanic Georgia Aquarium, and the new World of Coca Coal Museum.
Welcome to Atlanta’s Comeback Trails
The city of Atlanta boasts the Peachtree Hills and Buckhead where the celebrity chefs and art galleries thrive. Also, when you prefer sigh-seeing lovely estates on Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead, you have the chance to drop by the Atlanta Historical Center, where you can find a surprisingly balanced and highly informative perspective of the city’s fabled past. The Lenox Square is also there where the unmitigated shoppers shop. In addition, the East End is located further way east, which remains a funky and eclectic district of chops and nightlife. And, much to your surprise, even the West End is on the comeback trail.
Welcome to Atlanta’s Black District
While on vacation, make sure that you welcome yourself to the city famous historical black sites, particularly the Sweet Auburn. Here, you can find a concentration of black historic attractions like the Martin Luther King Jr. birth home, the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, gravesite, Center of Non-Violent Social Change, the newly developed Ebenezer Baptist Church, and a national visitor center. It is also interesting to know that located in the Auburn Avenue of the city are also the Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters, Wheat Street Baptist Church, Big Bethel AME Church, APEX Museum, Auburn Avenue African American Research Library, 100 Black Men Headquarters, and a lot more.
Today, the Sweet Auburn is considered as the ultimate center for the Black community in the city of Atlanta. It is actually here where the second largest Black life insurance company, one of the largest Black banks, one of the oldest Black newspapers, and one of the oldest Black radio station rest.
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