A retail component of Peachtree Center opened in March 1974. The PEACHTREE CENTER SHOPPING GALLERY mini-mall encompassed 200,000 leasable square feet of boutiques and bistros.
Graphic from John Portman & Associates
SHOPPING GALLERY STORES 1974:
Bel Posto cocktail bar / Brentano's Books / Britches of Georgetown / Cafe Mediterranean / Cardland / Cheese Villa / Citizens & Southern Bank / Clare-Voyance / Eastern Newstand / Fitzgerald's / Frablel Glass / Franklin Simon ladies' wear / Gine's Leather Shop / Jamaica House / Konditorei dessert shop / Little Norway Shop / Midnight Sun Bake Shop / Ming's Jewelry / Rich's II / Ronson's / Signature Shop / Sportique / The Little Mermaid Garden Cafe / The Music Shop / The Power Company / Trust Company Bank
Peachtree Center, circa-1976. Construction on the core block has been completed. It now plays host to four office towers, as well as the 3-level SHOPPING GALLERY. Moreover, the Hyatt hotel has been expanded with the cylindrical Ivy Tower (1971). A second luxury hotel, the 1,068 room Western International Peachtree Plaza, has just opened.
The Western International Peachtree Plaza was dedicated in January 1976. The structure extended upward for 723 feet -and 73 floors- and was briefly the world's tallest hotel. Its revolving Sun Dial restaurant, occupying the top 3 floors, offered stunning views of the surrounding terrain. The building was renamed, as a (quote-unquote) Westin operation, in 1980.
SHOPPING GALLERY STORES 1974:
Bel Posto cocktail bar / Brentano's Books / Britches of Georgetown / Cafe Mediterranean / Cardland / Cheese Villa / Citizens & Southern Bank / Clare-Voyance / Eastern Newstand / Fitzgerald's / Frablel Glass / Franklin Simon ladies' wear / Gine's Leather Shop / Jamaica House / Konditorei dessert shop / Little Norway Shop / Midnight Sun Bake Shop / Ming's Jewelry / Rich's II / Ronson's / Signature Shop / Sportique / The Little Mermaid Garden Cafe / The Music Shop / The Power Company / Trust Company Bank
Peachtree Center, circa-1976. Construction on the core block has been completed. It now plays host to four office towers, as well as the 3-level SHOPPING GALLERY. Moreover, the Hyatt hotel has been expanded with the cylindrical Ivy Tower (1971). A second luxury hotel, the 1,068 room Western International Peachtree Plaza, has just opened.
The Western International Peachtree Plaza was dedicated in January 1976. The structure extended upward for 723 feet -and 73 floors- and was briefly the world's tallest hotel. Its revolving Sun Dial restaurant, occupying the top 3 floors, offered stunning views of the surrounding terrain. The building was renamed, as a (quote-unquote) Westin operation, in 1980.
