Underground Atlanta - Atlanta, GA

Underground Atlanta - Atlanta, GA

  July 01, 2018    Robby S.

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UNDERGROUND ATLANTA
50 UPPER ALABAMA STREET
ATLANTA, GA
CLOSED 2017

Here's something I'm quite excited to be talking about. For those of you that don't know, Underground Atlanta is this underground shopping center in South Downtown Atlanta, located beside the Five Points MARTA Station.

The area was constructed during the American Reconstruction era after the Civil War, however the site was not purposed as a shopping center until 1969

The center received an update in 1996 to accommodate heavy traffic that the Atlanta Olympics would bring. Many of the signs in the area still bear the Olympic rings, now 22 years since the city hosted the event.

The City of Atlanta sold off the property in August 2017 to a South Carolina based developer, where it plans to reconstruct the lot. While some of the above-ground properties remain in business, everything below the ground has been shuddered.

There's also an above-ground entrance which remains unused. The escalators in the entry pavilion have since been decommissioned and are no longer powered.

On the basement level of the plaza, there's not much that remains. The outside has been left abandoned and all signs have been removed, but on the inside, the mall virtually remains untouched.

Just behind the signs that reads Shops, Restaurants, and Entertainment, there are some neon lights that still remain powered.

As I mentioned earlier, the inside portion of the mall has been left virtually untouched. It's unclear if the space will be repurposed or demolished and rebuilt, but as of now not much as been done.

Something odd that you might notice in some of the pictures is that there is actually a maintenance worker on the inside cleaning the floors. Keep an eye out for him in the blue shirt.

There was one remaining vacancy on the upper floors of the mall, and that is a former Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Parlor

Additionally, despite the Underground's closure, the MARTA station across the street still retains signage directing patrons to the mall

So that's about it for the Underground Atlanta. I'll report updates should anything new come of the property, however it's future doesn't look too bright. Be sure to check back next Sunday for another article from BrandHistoryUSA

Until next time!
~RS