Georgia-Pacific Tower, Corporate high-rise building in Downtown Atlanta, United States
Georgia-Pacific Tower is a 52-story, 212.45 m (697.0 ft) skyscraper at 133 Peachtree St. NE in downtown Atlanta, completed in 1982. Its stair-step massing staggers down to the ground, and the facade is clad in pink granite quarried in Marble Falls, Texas. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it; J.A. Jones Construction and H.J. Russell built it.
Georgia-Pacific Tower was built from 1979 to 1982 on the site of the Loew's Grand Theatre at 133 Peachtree St. NE, where the 1939 film Gone with the Wind had its premiere. The theatre, protected as a landmark, could not be demolished and burned down in 1978, clearing the way for the tower. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed it, and J.A. Jones Construction and H.J. Russell built it.
The architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill designed this modernist structure with a distinctive stair-step pattern that creates different visual perspectives.
The building houses multiple tenants including a major corporation's headquarters and a downtown art museum. The museum section is located on the lower levels and is accessible to visitors during operating hours.
The tower stands on the former site of Loew's Grand Theatre, where the 1939 film Gone with the Wind premiered; the theatre burned down in 1978, clearing the way for construction. In 1985 the building appeared in Invasion U.S.A. as the setting for the final battle between the U.S. Army and Soviet/Cuban-led guerrillas.
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