Who's Been to the Olympics?


While we are speaking on the 96 Olympics, Atlanta changed a lot since then. I would say from 92-96 brought a lot of change in the city. I still remember having a 1996 Olympic shirt from Atlanta back in 93...
 
mighty hornet said:
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Deuce,
The Olympics in Atlanta were horrible. I hated it. They weren't what I expected. They didn't "feel" like other Olympics.


feel better now?

sheesh
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Now you're talkin'! :lol:
 



GoodFella said:
While we are speaking on the 96 Olympics, Atlanta changed a lot since then. I would say from 92-96 brought a lot of change in the city.
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I agree. IMO, the biggest single physical change was what is now Centennial Park and the area around it. That whole area was desolate, mostly nothing but abandoned warehouses that were being used by homeless people and Techwood Homes.


btw, during the 2 week period of the actual games, the AJC put out a special Olympic edition each day. I still have each one and a bunch of other stuff.
 
mighty hornet said:
I agree. IMO, the biggest single physical change was what is now Centennial Park and the area around it. That whole area was desolate, mostly nothing but abandoned warehouses that were being used by homeless people and Techwood Homes.


btw, during the 2 week period of the actual games, the AJC put out a special Olympic edition each day. I still have each one and a bunch of other stuff.
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You are dead on! Me being a Historian I thrive on changes made then and now. 1994 Centennial Park centennial_park_1994 (1).jpg
 
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We almost went to the Atlanta Olympics because it was close. Glad we didn't after seeing all the negative feedback that came after the games. Not to mention the Centenial Park Bombing. :smh:
 
enswaclopedia said:
I was suppose to be in the park the night the bomb went off but my ex and I were to tired after working 12 hours and driving over from Augusta. We hung out the next day but the crowds were scattered because the park was closed and underground did not open until late that afternoon. But since it was the Olympics my ex was still satisified that she could tell everyone that we were at the Olympics. Ticketholders were selling gold medal event tickets at face value but I had other plans for that weekend. The people I did see seem to be enjoying themselves even after the tragic event from the previous night.
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Man, me and my brother walked right by that stage 5 minutes before it went off. I wanted to stay and watch the show (cause we stopped by THAT stage), but my brother wanted to keep walking. I actually saw the bookbag that the bomb was in. Thought about going to pick it up and giving it to the authorities.
 
GoodFella said:
While we are speaking on the 96 Olympics, Atlanta changed a lot since then. I would say from 92-96 brought a lot of change in the city. I still remember having a 1996 Olympic shirt from Atlanta back in 93...
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Man tell me about it, but every time I say something about Atl, folks run in here, man Atlanta ain't got this or that. That is because they no nothing about the old Atl. They only know the commercial Atl after the Olympics. It was the best thing to ever happen to Atl. They finally cleaned up the city and left Bama really far behind. Bham and the Gump never recovered from the airport deal, but when the Olympics came, it left them even further behind.
 
CEE DOG said:
Man tell me about it, but every time I say something about Atl, folks run in here, man Atlanta ain't got this or that. That is because they no nothing about the old Atl. They only know the commercial Atl after the Olympics. It was the best thing to ever happen to Atl. They finally cleaned up the city and left Bama really far behind. Bham and the Gump never recovered from the airport deal, but when the Olympics came, it left them even further behind.
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LOL
 
Blacknbengal said:
LOL
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Man it blows me away BB. I remember coming to Bama in 89 and was like wow, is this a third world nation. Bham still looks like it did in 89. :shame: Atl was a different city back then. Actually it is safer to go out at night now. :lol:
 
CEE DOG said:
Man it blows me away BB. I remember coming to Bama in 89 and was like wow, is this a third world nation. Bham still looks like it did in 89. :shame: Atl was a different city back then. Actually it is safer to go out at night now. :lol:
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I agree. B-ham still reminds me of the boycott days.
 
mighty hornet said:
beans,
You could've been the hero.... Or made the scapegoat.
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Dude after it exploded, we actually thought it was part of the show. I saw the smoke and everything. I told my brother I knew we should have stayed and watched the show. When we got home and saw the news, I thanked God cause I definitely could had been killed.
 



CEE DOG said:
Man tell me about it, but every time I say something about Atl, folks run in here, man Atlanta ain't got this or that. That is because they no nothing about the old Atl. They only know the commercial Atl after the Olympics. It was the best thing to ever happen to Atl. They finally cleaned up the city and left Bama really far behind. Bham and the Gump never recovered from the airport deal, but when the Olympics came, it left them even further behind.
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LOL. Hell I liked going to the old Atlanta even before the Olympics. They already had left those cities behind. The Olympics just put further distance between them. Pre-96 ATL was off the chain as well.
 
Blacknbengal said:
Dude after it exploded, we actually thought it was part of the show. I saw the smoke and everything. I told my brother I knew we should have stayed and watched the show. When we got home and saw the news, I thanked God cause I definitely could had been killed.
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We had been out there earlier that day too, but left early in the evening. I still remember staying up all night watching the news coverage, stunned at what happened.
 
mighty hornet said:
We had been out there earlier that day too, but left early in the evening. I still remember staying up all night watching the news coverage, stunned at what happened.
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Yeah, we heard nothing but ambulances and police when we where headed to the car. Needless to say after we say that, we didn't go back downtown for the rest of the olympics.
 
GoodFella said:
You are dead on! Me being a Historian I thrive on changes made then and now. 1994 Centennial Park View attachment 1796
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Aye man, I never imagined seeing the city change the way it did bruh. I was over by Washington Park, and when riding on the side streets turning off of MLK I saw big up to date houses on those streets. Man I would have never imagined that in my life time. To see where The condos and the Publix are on MLK across the street from Paschals Hotel. Man James B. Brawley they way it is now. Harris Homes now town houses. Man when we lived on Ashby St, where Morehouse stadium is that use to be Dairy Queen. I still remember when my moms graduated from school and started teaching and got her first check. We went to Dairy Queen and ate good. :lmao: I still remember as a child when the Marta train first opened up. Wow!!! I still remember when Bankhead was a high class area. It was known as "Center Hill". We first moved there in 79. Then by 1983 it was over.
 
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CEE DOG said:
To see where The condos and the Publix are on MLK across the street from Paschals Hotel. Man James B. Brawley they way it is now.
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The Publix is gone now. In its place, a new Wal Mart is going up. That area is about to really take off now. Just think, a Walmart, a marta station, all within a stone's throw from downtown.
 
mighty hornet said:
The Publix is gone now. In its place, a new Wal Mart is going up. That area is about to really take off now. Just think, a Walmart, a marta station, all within a stone's throw from downtown.
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Wow, they are really doing it now. Amazing man. We use to hang out on that corner of Ashby and MLK after band practice. It was a Captain Pegs food joint and game room back in the day. Is Seller Brothers funeral home still there? I think Bronner Brothers moved to huh?
 
mighty hornet said:
The Publix is gone now. In its place, a new Wal Mart is going up. That area is about to really take off now. Just think, a Walmart, a marta station, all within a stone's throw from downtown.
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That Publix has been closed for a minute. That place was being robbed blind. :lol: :emlaugh:
 
Aye mighty hornet, do you know what ever happened to Elmore Spencer? One of my boys was asking me about him last week. After he left the Clippers and came back to the ATL I haven't seen him but once or twice and that was back in the late 90's I think. Man we had a ball in 87 when we won the state and he went to UNLV.
 
CEE DOG said:
Is Seller Brothers funeral home still there? I think Bronner Brothers moved to huh?
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All that has been cleared out. There are some new businesses and restaurants along that stretch. Also, a couple of weeks ago, the council approved plans for a huge green space/park a couple blocks over on Simpson, on the end close by the Dome.

The handwriting is on the wall. "Those" people gonna be moving in real soon.
 
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