The Metropolitan, Historic condominium building in Five Points district, Atlanta, US
The Metropolitan is a condominium building at 20 Marietta Street NW, at the southeast corner of Broad Street in the Five Points district of Downtown Atlanta. Built in 1908 as the Third National Bank Building, it was resurfaced with dark glass in the 1960s and converted into condominiums in 1996.
The Metropolitan was built in 1908 as the Third National Bank Building at 20 Marietta Street NW, at the southeast corner of Broad Street in Five Points, and is considered Atlanta's first skyscraper. It later served as the Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Building, was resurfaced with dark glass in the 1960s, and was converted into condominiums in 1996.
The building's name changed with its uses: Third National Bank Building, then Atlanta Federal Savings and Loan Building, and since 1996 The Metropolitan. Its corner at Marietta and Broad streets places it in Five Points, the intersection that gave the downtown district its name.
The entrance is at 20 Marietta Street NW, on the southeast corner of Broad Street in Five Points, a downtown block of offices and storefronts. MARTA rail and bus routes serve the surrounding downtown streets, and the building sits within walking distance of the Five Points station. The address is a residential condominium, so interior access is limited to residents and their guests.
The dark glass resurfacing of the 1960s hides the 1908 facade of the Third National Bank Building, so the original stonework is no longer visible from the street. The building is Atlanta's first skyscraper, predating the city's better-known towers.
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