Eye on the Street

Decatur Metro | May 20, 2011 | 12:03 pm

Decatur Square circa 1980 (pic courtesy of Geoff from Decatur News Online editorial)

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13 Responses to “Eye on the Street”

  1. J.a.c says:
    May 20, 2011 at 1:04 pm

    Holy cow Decatur had a Louvre Pyramid 9 years before the Louvre!

    • taxus says:
      May 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm

      I M Pei must have passed through on the way to the end of the line at Avondale

  2. Mr. C says:
    May 20, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    What’s that round thing on the top right grassy area?

    • Udog says:
      May 20, 2011 at 1:27 pm

      Elevator

      • karass says:
        May 20, 2011 at 1:46 pm

        To where? MARTA station underneath?

        • Siv says:
          May 20, 2011 at 2:20 pm

          Yes. And below that, the dungeons.

          • Mr. C says:
            May 20, 2011 at 3:46 pm

            I thought it was a joke, but I just clicked the link to the source and Udog is right.

            An elevator shaft greeted visitors to Decatur’s Square and took MARTA riders to their trains beginning in 1979.

            • Tom Stubbs says:
              May 20, 2011 at 3:55 pm

              The elevator doubled as a bathroom for the many who would not hold their pee until they got to the restroom in the lower regions of the station. It made for a lovely ride.

    • taxus says:
      May 20, 2011 at 3:21 pm

      You mean the grassy knoll? Looks like something to hide behind.

  3. Ridgelandistan says:
    May 20, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    That Gazebo’s not looking so bad right now.

    • taxus says:
      May 20, 2011 at 3:19 pm

      I long for the glass pyramid. It was simple and dumb but at least it worked.

  4. Parker Cross says:
    May 20, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    I remembered the crystal pyramid but thought it coexisted with the bandstand. In fact I was fairy insistent about it today at lunch. oooops, wrong again.

  5. Decatur Metro says:
    May 20, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Here’s a better pic of the elevator.