Peachtree Street - Take Another Look | GPB Documentaries 

I am born and raised in Atlanta. When the man spoke about the Fox and having it as an escape to relax and forget your troubles (paraphasing), I can't help but think, no for my relatives. It's funny how they can see their human needs, but not care or even feel that black people had those same human needs, if not more. I can't image any black person not needing an escape from the total bs that was our lives. My mother remembers when the Fox finally allowed Black people in the balcony. We volunteered for years there. My daughter was married in the Georgian Terrace Hotel. I love the history, but it really hurts that my history is parallel to it.

It's a shame so many historic buildings have been torn down amd replaced over the years.

Brings back many memories of Peachtree St. when I lived in Atlanta 1969 to1976. Visiting a girlfriend living with her father in the penthouse of Howell House apts. Next to Fox, concerts in the Fox, music at Electric Ballroom across the street and Hot Lanta around the corner on Ponce. Joining all the other young "hippies" between 10th and 14th. Drinks in the "flying saucer" atop the Hyatt Recency. As an insaller-repairman for Southern Bell working inside the Fox and on poles on Peachtree. Strip clubs and restaurants. A later girlfriend worked at Rich's and had a small apartment just off Peachtree near Brookwood R.R. station. Atlanta was a great place for a young guy!

They need to take "Another Look" now, as this was a time capsule

This was great. I’m glad there are productions like these that keep the history alive.

I LOVE how it took time to discuss the Jim Crowe era and it’s lasting effects, but also those who rose above and came together.

Ain’t a Peachtree on that street no more....

I've always thought it was such a shame that fabulous old homes and buildings were ,for the most part, all torn down. How beautiful would the arcade look now? Or that grand crystal palace barber shop? Atl lost part of it's charm & it makes me 😥 sad.

thanks for the memories, well done,

After living in DC and Berkeley, I'm glad I came to Atlanta. Good to know it's history. God bless Atlanta.

Outstanding docu! Ashame so much history of Atlanta's past has been lost by development. Also ashame that the Rich's Great Tree is no more...

They almost destroyed the Fox theater to build the ugliest building in Atlanta. I wish they’d destroy that thing.

Tree lighting, pink pig, Christmas in the Atl.

Pemberton’s recipe contained cocaine in the form of an extract of the coca leaf, which inspired the “Coca” part of the beverage’s name. The “Cola” comes from the kola nut (which contains caffeine, another stimulant). When Coca-Cola was invented, cocaine was legal and a common ingredient in medicines. People thought it was safe to use in small amounts.

Atlanta has lost a lot of its beautiful architecture....

Does anyone know what classical piano song is playing start at 43:37

I’ve was born and raised in Ga. I never got to visit Atlanta. That was for rich people.

10:40 he was just a talking about Atlanta, and said crime but cleaned it up quick ….?

Mr. Herdon was certainly a handsome man😊

I guess they brought back the street cars. ❤

A lot of mysterious fires over land plots 🔥 🤔

I'm sure that war looked alot more different than depicted

Why take history classes when i can watch this video. 🙂

Sounds like distinction is is invited to the outskirts n borders of Atlanta once again. However, why not upgrade to the 3D printed versions offered by the printed farms outta Wellington, Fla.

Same street Margaret Mitchell got killed on by a drunk driver on her way to the theater in 1949?

Atlanta and the cities around metro Atlanta used to be a good place to live. They should have asked people who lived there back in the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's. It was a different place to live. People were upstanding decent human beings and they worked hard. You used to get jobs and you retired from that company. For an example: Sears, JC Penny's, Riches, Ryder truck, sewing factorys. People took pride in their jobs. One of my dad's sister's work for Georgia power for years. She was the secretary for the vice president of Georgia Power. People could save money and was able to have pretty good credit back in those days. My great grandparent's and my grandparent's lived up around Atlanta until the 70's. My mother talks about how her and her younger sister went shopping in Atlanta. And yes we used to go see the lighting of the Christmas tree. Go to the Omni to see the circus or a concert. Go eat at the Varsity. I even went to the Capitol when I was in Stone Mountain Elementary school in the 70's. Go to a Braves game. It used to be fun, but not anymore. You couldn't do that today. It's ruined now.

you forgot we were also called thrasherville.

I remember the re-release of Gone With The Wind. My mother insisted I take kleenex with me...I said I don't need this, she said yes you will.

22:29 bookmark

Soooo ..... mentioning all those fires of old buildings in film. Pattern of development .... M.O. method of operation ... our local area a big corner of a main road developing corridor of the city. A large older building an elementary school actually much of the area attending, sat empty nearly 30 yrs no buyers which would have to destroy it bcz it would not meet code ie... cost more to fix than worth. Soooo .... the building all of sudden caught fire miraculous $$$ made available to remove it when a buyer ready to purchase came into now enough business traffic was going thru. A WalMart took its place.

Atl Clifford Peppers

I've had all the money in the world three times...i had to give it back to keep the game going - Charles Manson

The Broadway of the south

I have never been to Atlanta. Some people I know told me it is not very nice. My brother was diverted to Atlanta from Spain because of an huricane in Fl, placed in a hotel a couple days, he did not like it either.

🤔 what happened to the indigenous?😞

"....named for the feminine version of Atlantis...." Ummmm, no. It's the feminine for the word ATLANTIC. LOL Obvious typo, and the narrator still read it LOL

Tell them come try that shit now...blaccs are forever here, can’t take it away 🤷🏽‍♂️

who were the builders of the cathedrals? i'm not asking for an architect. im asking who the builder was. this story doesn't add up....the populations were to small for this amount of construction to take place.

I'm only 5 minutes in and there is so much that is factually wrong with this video.

The name Atlanta is NOT from the feminine form of Atlantis (don't see how that could even be a thing seeing as how Atlantis is a place (not even sure it was a REAL place) and not a person.). It's from the Western & Atlantic railroad. The Atlantic Ocean was named for Atlantis. The Western & Atlantic railroad was named for the Atlantic Ocean. Atlanta was named for the Western & Atlantic railroad. Way to drop the ball, PBS.

Downtown was alive then; now it’s dead. Also today’s streetcar doesn’t go anywhere.