The Midtown Archive

Selling the Bird at 10th and Peachtree Streets in 1970.  Midtown Atlanta.

(via Georgia State University Library Digital Collections : Item Viewer)

Cover of the Great Speckled Bird from November 16, 1970 illustrating a scene at 10th and Peachtree Streets.  Midtown Atlanta.

1974 shot of Colony Square construction.  Midtown Atlanta.

(via Atlanta History Center Album. Aerial of Atlanta)

A 1970s shot of a guy selling the Great Speckled Bird newspaper at 10th Street and Peachtree.  The view is looking north.  Midtown Atlanta.

(via Georgia State University Library Digital Collections : Item Viewer)

1970 shot of Baltimore Block in SoNo.  Atlanta.

(via Atlanta History Center Album. Baltimore Block)

Circa 1970 aerial of Colony Square under construction, with Ansley Park in the foreground.  Midtown Atlanta

(via Atlanta History Center Album. Atlanta Skyline)

Construction of the North Avenue MARTA Station and the Bellsouth Tower in 1978.  Midtown Atlanta

(via Atlanta History Center Album. North Avenue Marta Station)

The crazy cool Jesus mural at the northeast corner of 10th and Peachtree Street. 1970, Midtown Atlanta

(via Atlanta History Center Album. Midtown)

Peachtree Street in the 1970s, more specifically the western block between 10th and 11th Streets.  More info about the 10th Street Art Theatre can be found here.  Midtown Atlanta

(via Gallery | That ’70s City: Scenes from Atlanta | ajc.com)