Current location:	Atlanta, GA 30303
Current mood:	tired

The Morning After
I spent a couple of hours walking around my neighborhood checking out the damage. Here's what I saw, organized a bit by building, area, type, etc., with some comments.

Historic Buildings


Peachtree St. side of the historic Candler Building.


The Tabernacle on Luckie St. is messed up big time -- roof shredded, tons of windows busted.


A small building on Nassau St. was basically destroyed. See Tabernacle's windows at left.


Those windows -- outch! The roof is also considerably damaged.


A parked car was buried in building rubble.


1940s parking garage on Cone/Spring has few windows left.


Close-up.


Big section of top cornice is gone on the Flatiron Bldg, one of the first skyscrapers in the city.


Ground-level shops (including very old barbshop) in Walton House on Cone St.

Residential Buildings


This is the glass "eye" in the rotunda/dome of my building, The Healey, on Forsyth St. The revolving doors got sucked out and a wind gust damaged our lobby.


Ton of busted windows on 123 Luckie, which took a direct hit.


123 Luckie and neighbors. My friend Caleb lives in the left-most unit, second floor from the top.


All Caleb's neighbors lost windows but he was OK. His next door neighbor has shard of the Tabernacle's stained glass windows embedded in his kitchen wall.


The courtyard at 123 Luckie, where my friend Caleb lives, took a hit. Both courtyard and street-faced windows were busted, but mostly street-facing (see above).


Something went flying into 123's courtyard and gouged a hole in the wall, shattered a window.

CNN / Centennial Park Area


One of two torch-towers I saw downed at Centennial Olympic Park.


They fell like huge trees.


CNN Center / Omni Hotel.


The building now has lots of fresh air.


Big billboard on Centennial Drive disappeared, revealing building facades long hidden.


Philips Arena parking deck's huge billboard was shredded. Jumbotron and clock were OK though!


Several large billboards along Centennial Park Drive crashed and crushed parked vehicles.


Another one.


Ouch.

The Equitable Building

This skyscraper was among the worst hit. Everybody was just staring at it. Last night for hours afterward the building's alarms were flashing eerily. The whole building is taped off right now.






GP building, Equitable and 1940s parking garage on Cone St.








I have a print order that was supposed to be ready at 9 this morning. I guess not.


Southeast corner of the building; metal stripped, tree wrecked.


On a street adjacent to the building there were piles of reflective glass.

Westin Peachtree Plaza


Initially I heard reports of people sucked out the windows, but it was just a rumor I guess.


Curtains blowing in the breeze.


Taken from the courtyard of 123 Luckie.


Tears in the facade.


More tears.

Miscelleneous Skyscrapers


Geogia-Pacific building. from just south of it on Peachtree. Candler Bldg. at right.


Don't know what this building is called, but it's the ugly one on Park Place by Woodruff Park.


This is the new building being built at the Mart. Lot of busted (new) windows.


Centennial Tower, west facade.

Miscellaneous Smaller Buildings


Business entrance on Luckie St.


Hampton Inn & Suites on Spring St.


Legal Aid Society building on Spring St. That window glass is hanging.


Debris on the Streets


Broad St. in front of AliBaba's Mediterranean.


Typical example of venting/gutters all over. This is part of the Tabernacle's roof.


The streets are quickly being cleaned up but this was crap on Cone St. around 11 a.m.


Spring St. by the Marriott.


Bits of the Equitable building (see above).


Parking lot near Tabernacle / Ted's Montana Grill on Spring St.


Twisted power lines, trees downed by the Tabernacle on Centennial Olympic Drive.


Awning on the Residence Inn in the historic Rhodes-Haverty building across from the library.


Downed tree in parking lot on Walton St.