At 50 stories and 771 feet, 191 Peachtree Tower dominates many views from Atlanta's Fairlie-Poplar District, as it does this one looking east along Forsyth Street. In the middleground you see the U.S. Courthouse which is home to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. On the left-hand side of the frame is the Art Deco facade of the Forsyth-Walton Building. (Note that the location indicates the vantage point of the photographer.)‹›
191 Peachtree Tower

Philip Johnson

Exterior · Atlanta, United States · 1991

Photo: Marc Merlin · 2016-02-27 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 5988×4277

At 50 stories and 771 feet, 191 Peachtree Tower dominates many views from Atlanta's Fairlie-Poplar District, as it does this one looking east along Forsyth Street. In the middleground you see the U.S. Courthouse which is home to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. On the left-hand side of the frame is the Art Deco facade of the Forsyth-Walton Building. (Note that the location indicates the vantage point of the photographer.)

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