Marietta Street

Marietta Street is a historic street in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The street leads from Atlanta towards the town of Marietta, as its name indicates. It begins as one of the five streets intersecting at Five Points, leading northwest, forming the southern border of Downtown's Fairlie-Poplar district, continuing through Downtown's Luckie Marietta district, then entering West Midtown's Marietta Street Artery neighborhood, until terminating at its junction with West Marietta St., Brady Ave., and 8th St.
Marietta street is one of the original seven streets in Atlanta, along with Decatur, Whitehall, Peachtree, Pryor, Loyd, and Alabama.
Before the American Civil War, the finest residences were located on both sides of Marietta Street, extending westwards from Five Points for about a mile. In the first years of the 20th century, several of the city's tallest skyscrapers were built on Marietta Street, and a concentration of financial companies were headquartered on the street, such as the Third and Fourth National Banks of Atlanta, and later, the Atlanta Trust Company and Citizens & Southern National Bank.
Notable buildings and sites, from Five Points northwestwards, include:

Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, formerly the Fourth National Bank
The Metropolitan (Atlanta condominium building), formerly the Third National Bank
J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building, formerly known as the Empire Building, then the C&S Bank Building
Five Points Plaza
55 Marietta Street, formerly the Fulton National Bank, then Bank South; tallest building in the city 1958–1961
Henry W. Grady statue in the median just northwest of Forsyth Street
Walton Place building
Centennial Tower
State Bar of Georgia Building
CNN Center
Centennial Olympic Park

Notable buildings no longer standing include:

Norcross Building, where President Woodrow Wilson had his law offices starting in 1881
55 Marietta St. was the site of the United States Post Office and Customs House, which served from 1910–1930 as City Hall

See also Marietta Street Artery for notable industrial architecture in the northern reaches of Marietta Street.