Atlanta by car 1991 

I moved to Atlanta in 1990. This is traveling from downtown, north to midtown. Jin's Wigs at 1:04 on the left, is where most drag queens bought their hair back then. The infamous Backstreet nightclub is on the right at 4:48. The stories that came of that place could fill a library. The Margaret Mitchell house (last shot at end of video) is missing it's exterior wall on the right, due to a massive fire. it sat for years in the same condition and looked like a giant doll house, because you could see all the rooms from the street. It was eventually torn down and a new museum house was built. Loved Atlanta back then--it was a lot of fun.

I was born in 95 👀 this footage older than me . Just shows you life goes on.

I was 7 in '91. Growing up in ATL back then was an experience like none other.

Things changed after the 1996 Olympics. Now traffic is bad everywhere.

Yeah this is definitely early 90s Atlanta!!!!! You can tell by how the MARTA buses look!!!!!!

U can have a car now from 10yrs ago and it blends n with the new ones but 81 and 91 cars.... The styling was like night and day

Native Atlantan here. If this is 1991, then the whole city at this time was starting to buzz with energy and pride, because the 1996 Olympics had already been announced for Atlanta. I would be married the next year. Can't believe this has been 31 years ago.

Woah. Atlanta actually cared for the homeless back then.

No traffic....😢 Beautiful.

Wow I remember when Macy's was downtown, along with Lerner's, Casual Corner, etc. The good old days!

Alot of 70's GM's Ford and Chrysler products were still on the road then

I was at Georgia State University in 1991 so i was likely downtown when this was filmed.

When older Atlanta residents say we miss the old Atlanta, videos like this one bring back haunting memories. Before Freaknic, before Music Midtown or before Atlanta became Hollywood south, we came together as a city during the late 80s and early 90 for events such as 'Light Up Atlanta". We ditched our cars and walked and mingled down Peachtree Street. The Arts festival in Piedmont Park was an event the whole metro came out for, literally fun without drama. Atlanta had a certain charm, young dudes like me on our own for the first time could actually make it in Atlanta, jobs were literally one next door to the other, I bought my first car for cash and rented an apartment between downtown and midtown, and I could afford to take a girl on a date,[they actually spoke to young men back then] Then suddenly there was an effort to build Atlanta into an international city, that effort continues, but the charm is long gone. Freaknic, The Olympics, Hollywood, 6,000,000 metro residents....

I love Atlanta, I love 90´s and I love the music on this video

Cool shot of the construction of the Bank of America building. I forgot it didn’t open until 1992.

Gas prices back then 89 cents a gallon smh now days people are struggling to keep gas in their cars smh.

Being a Atlanta native this is beautiful lol. City has changed a lot

the streets were clean

5 points look different asf 😂💯

Whew, Early 90s Atlanta, memories of visiting my family as a child are coming back!!!!!

Thank you for posting this video...we need more of these

This is when downtown was vibrant and full of life. Midtown was basically a dump and a shadow of what it is now. Now it's downtown that's a dump and midtown is thriving and vibrant. I miss the old days but without the crime that came with the crack epidemic.

Brings me back! Grew up in Atlanta since the mid-80s, and it’s still my hometown. (I was about ten when this video was made.)

Midtown Atlanta looked so much different in the early 1990s as compared to the 2020s.

really feeling the footage and music

This is when i grew up in ATL. Pre Olympic ATL...when u could still go straight down west ptree at 4:04. Pre Olympic ATL had more mom n pop shops and places to eat down town. And midtown was a lil run down, unlike the overpriced area it is today

1 was 4yrs old in 1990,I miss this Atlanta.

If I had a time machine!!!

I've always wondered what Atlanta looked like during the days of "Too Legit to quit" Falcons. I still can't let go of my Saints losing to the Falcons in the Wild Card Playoff game.

Remebering visiting my relatives there when I was a toddler in the early 90s!!!!!

I wanna see more of this someday

Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to use a piece of this archival footage for an upcoming non-commercial video? We would give credit if allowed.

Wow still constructing the Bank of America building

I notice that downtown Atlanta was a lot more happening back then. There isn’t nearly as much foot traffic now. They are building it back up since so many people are crammed into Atlanta.

They're driving past Woodruff Park during the third minute of the video. I live in ATL but never knew those beautiful historic buildings are there! I'm gonna do some sightseeing there.

wow just like I remember.... thank you for this video

I definitely miss this vibe

That first stretch of Whitehall st at the beginning still look like that

i was 7years old in 1991 frome East atlanta zone6

This reminds me of GTA San Andreas. I mean, you've got the hood, and the big city. It's a great reminder.

This is so awesome!

Is it just me or did the sun shine brighter back then?

Does that read .99 cents for regular gas?? 😩😩😩

Nice capture if the construction of the Bank of America Tower.

I miss the old ATL

Just spotted Big B drugstore. Just last week I was trying to remember the name of it.

Oh, look, there went Craig Bolhman, a friend of mine, in his Cutlass Supreme!

This is great!

Downtown looks so different in 1990 i was 9 yrs old. Look at mart buses

Thanks for the post ! I lived there 89 - 96 Good times 😎

fun fact : hmm the crysler at @5:21 is a official government car. Lime green ,used by military police and recruiters could spot those anywhere back then. Ugly cars

I miss that Macys along Peachtree. I like how it looked to upscale when you drove by it 4:19 is that what is now the Bank of America Tower?

such a vibe

Thank you!

I was 5 yrs old ; (

Video opens with the driver on Whithall Street 💞

I spy a Krystal in Midtown! It's a Starbucks now.

I'd love someone to do a side-by-side drive synchronized with this video so we can compare.

This is when you use to park your car and not return to something with the glass bust out. The time when it wasn’t a sea of homeless near the capital or underground. Everybody had an opportunity back then. You could work at radio shack and still own a home

I remember those old Marta Flixable Clipped buses, you could be riding some where, and be bound to find a bus broken down!😂

The good ole days

I lived in Atlanta from 91 to 92. I am probably standing along the road waiting for a bus.

Hi, Would like to get in touch about the possibility of using part of this video in a Documentary, but can't find a way to PM/email you. How can I get in touch?

I love it!!!

Dangerous area back then buddy, too many hoods

downtown pretty much look the same, which is pathetic

I remember ATL like this

Many don’t even remember Macys being downtown

I was born 1 year later 😊

Kessler and H.L. Green were still open in 1990!!!!

What is the name of the song and artist playing? It sounds like it's from the '70s.

It looks like a lot less homelessness. Is that the case?

woooow!!

Were you familiar with Timothy FLemming and Aric FLemming

whats the name of the first song?

Can I contact you about using this footage?

2:39 Are my eyes bad or the truck on the left side is Zastava 650 made in Ex Yugoslavia (More knows as Balkan states) ?

At 4:20 that bldg is STILL sitting there abandoned

name of song?

We transplants came here and built this place up thank God.

Looks like extra footage from the walking dead season 1😮

Wow miss the old A I was in the 10 th grade

This video starts on Whitehall Street

hi Mr Brandon Delon Casey

hi Mr Brandon Delon casey

That’s a nice looking Mustang GT at 2:33

Any idea what that music is @4:30?

You filmed this bro?

I think this was 95. The bus didn't look like that in 91.

I saw the same potholes

Good stuff.

The Bank of America Tower being built.

NICE

Damn you seen nun but old schools and pluks now its Bentley’s , maseratis and phantoms

I was -6

Prime atlanta 😢

Don't you mean 😏 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣0️⃣ and not 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣1️⃣?

Show the real Atlanta, the projects and the people.

Down town is pretty much abandoned now

People had since down at five points then😂😂😂