Images of Atlanta

We returned from Atlanta on Friday night but a few more photos from my walks around the city.

Near the Centennial Olympic Park are a number of huge sporting venues including the Mercedes Benz Stadium, above, and The Philips Arena, below.



Close by the world headquarters of the Cable News Network, known more commonly as CNN.  A vast building with a huge central atrium open to the public.



We started our guided tour on a huge escalator which took us up the side of the atrium..

Of course there was no photography allowed as we passed the live newsrooms and studios which were all explained to us - as a 24 hour news operation there are many reporters working on stories in three shifts around the clock, with many more on call.

This was a mock-up of a news studio where the equipment was demonstrated, including the use of green screens.

In the city some of the leaves had changed colour and framed the big wheel and extraordinary cylindrical Westin Hotel.

Atlanta is an interesting mix of historic buildings and new, mainly glass, skyscrapers.

Plenty of building is still underway as this evening view from our hotel showed.  This is one of the largest cranes that I have ever seen - we were on the 7th floor and it towered high above much taller buildings.

 In Autumn 2014 I took a photograph over the lake in Piedmont Park looking back to the Midtown skyline.  The photo is on our wall.  

As it was the same time of year I wanted to compare with photos taken this week as I had the impression that the trees had not changed colour so far this year.  I put the two photos together - the older one at the top..

I was right about the Autumn colour, but that is not the most striking difference!  I was aware that more buildings had gone up but was surprised at just how much the skyline had changed in three years!