AJC: South Downtown green, atrium at former CNN home debuts

AJC - A pair of ribbon-cutting events Wednesday aimed to show downtown Atlanta’s evolution happening in real-time just before the city reintroduces itself on the global stage.

City and state leaders gathered in the morning to christen new green space in Atlanta’s largest cluster of century-old buildings, an area overlooked for decades. And in the afternoon, they became the first people to reenter a shuttered icon that is entering its third era as a downtown centerpiece.

The two projects — the redevelopment of South Downtown and “The Center,” the revamp of the former CNN Center — highlight downtown’s rapid change as the World Cup prepares to come to the city.

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