#transit station

[atlantathecity]

A colorful mural can really brighten up a gray, cloudy day. North Avenue MARTA Station.

Artist: Gordon Anderson

Media: Latex paint on raw terracotta tile

Year: 1981

[atlurbanist]

Peachtree Center MARTA Station as the gateway to heaven! This is hilarious.

h/t to Thomas Wheatley for mentioning this 1985 movie 'The Heavenly Kid' in a tweet thread about movies filmed in Atlanta.

It's on Amazon Prime. I watched about 10 minutes (this is the first scene, pictured) and gave up. My tolerance for dumb movies wasn't high today.

But it was worth it to see this scene. The deceased folks actually ride in on a MARTA train as if that's the chariot to heaven, then they're ushered up the escalators by guys who, I'm guessing, are supposed to be angels.

Then actor Richard Mulligan speeds through the MARTA station's mid level on a motorcycle. Crazy stuff.

[davecurry8]

Oculus

[jemspark]

11:58

[utkhowaga]

Boats in the Fatimid Harbor, Mahdia, Tunisia

[lizrust]

They’re old friends.

[atlantathecity]

Peachtree Center MARTA Station opened in 1982, 40 years ago. The train platform sits 120 feet beneath Peachtree Street.

The station was built by tunneling through solid gneiss, a granite like rock formed of layers of quartz and mica.

Like deep sea divers, construction workers were required to undergo 30 minutes of compression/decompression when entering or coming out of the tunnel. This was due to the air pressure of the devices that held the rock walls until permanent supports were built.

[Info source: Wikipedia]

Honestly, this station feels like one of the more amazing things in the city. It blows my mind to stand on the platform and realize that this cavernous space used to be solid rock.

Also: what did they do with the excavated rock? I googled it and can't find out.

[atlantathecity]

Peachtree Center MARTA Station, Downtown Atlanta