Tag: CNN Center

For decades, the atrium inside the CNN Center has been one of downtown Atlanta’s most recognizable interior spaces. Long before it became a food court—or a backdrop for live television—the soaring room was part of the Omni International Complex and briefly housed the country’s first indoor theme park. This spring, the space enters its next chapter as the CTR, a new food hall compiled by Robert Montwaid of Chattahoochee Food Works, who also founded Gansevoort Market in New York.

Starting around 3 p.m. from Centennial Olympic Park, young and old activists holding signs and chanting the names of black people killed by police marched south toward the CNN Center and through downtown before ending at the Georgia Capitol. Then they marched back toward Centennial Olympic Park where APD officers corralled the crowd in front of CNN Center. Around 7 p.m., the peaceful march and protest changed in tone as scuffles and confrontations between some protesters and police escalated into a relatively small number of protesters setting a police car on fire and spray painting the CNN Center.

Our downtown tourist attractions are kitschy, but if you skip them, you're doing yourself a disservice. Centennial Olympic Park, World of Coke, Georgia Aquarium, SkyView Ferris wheel—you have to go at least once.

Grab your camera!