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Photo of Overlooked GSU Landmark Rediscovered

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Peter J. Roberts

Director George Sparks’ earliest memory of what is now Georgia State University was when it was located at Pryor St. (now Peachtree Center Ave.) and Auburn Ave.  See Sanborn map of location here and hear Sparks describe the college.  When … Continue reading →

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Bazaar Education: Night School in the Peachtree Arcade

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Peter J. Roberts

In 1917, at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Georgia School of Technology’s Evening School of Commerce (now Georgia State University) moved into two rooms at the newly constructed Peachtree Arcade near Atlanta’s Five Points.  The … Continue reading →

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