Fairlie-Poplar District — Attraction in Atlanta

Downtown Atlanta is full of little gems when you take the time to explore, some of the most upscale restaurants and amazing luxury hotels, awesome sights from the ground level or up above which ever you choose. Great for a stroll on your break for lunch or a weekend visit for a great event being held in the heart of the city, whichever one you are doing at the time, I know you will enjoy it. Depending on the weather and what event is being held at the time, be ready to dress accordingly, use our transit system MARTA, because traffic can get hectic and it makes it alot easier to navigate from one place to another and remember have FUN! Oh, and keep your eyes open, you never know who you may see in this Great city, my city...

The Fairlie–Poplar Historic District is part of the central business district in downtown Atlanta. It is named for the two streets that cross at its center, northeast-only Fairlie and southeast-only Poplar. Fairlie–Poplar is immediately north of Five Points, the definitive centerpoint and longtime commercial heart of Atlanta. It is roughly bounded on the southwest by Marietta Street, on the southeast by Peachtree Street or Park Place, on the northeast by Luckie Street or Williams Street, and on the northwest by Cone Street or Spring Street. It has smaller city blocks than the rest of the city (about half by half), and the streets run at a...

For a sense of what modern-day Atlanta is really about you have to leave the comedy clubs and museums behind.

A good place to start would be the city’s Fairlie-Poplar District, awash with buildings in a range of nineteenth- and twentieth-century architectural styles. Among them are the triangular flatiron building and the Healy building, the last major skyscraper constructed before the First World War.

The district is home to a huge and diverse number of cafes and restaurants from where you can people watch. To the north, you’ll also find the SkyView Ferris Wheel, offering views across Atlanta and Centennial...