Atlanta's Olympic Resurgence: How the 1996 Games Revived a Struggling City - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan, Randal RoarkPublish date:2021-05-03Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467147248ISBN-10:1467147249UPC:9781467147248Book Category:History, Sports & Recreation, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Olympics & Paralympics, DevelopmentBook Topic:State & Local, Business DevelopmentSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDK2VMGA3
Atlanta's Olympic Resurgence: How the 1996 Games Revived a Struggling City
The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467147248ISBN-10:1467147249UPC:9781467147248Book Category:History, Sports & Recreation, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Olympics & Paralympics, DevelopmentBook Topic:State & Local, Business DevelopmentSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCDK2VMGA3
Dobbins, Michael: - Leon S. Eplan, FAICP, was twice Atlanta's commissioner of planning and development before and then during the six-year lead-up to the Games. He initiated and prepared the city's Olympic Development Program and then helped to establish its Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta. H. Randal Roark, FAICP, is a retired professor of the College of Planning Architecture at...
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