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Building History


Piedmont Hotel
Formerly at Luckie Street
and Peachtree, site of
the present-day
Equitable Building

Luckie Street has a history of refinement and excitement.

Named after a Solomon "Sam" Luckie, an African-American barber killed in a bombing of Atlanta during the Civil War, Luckie Street was the site of the palatial Piedmont Hotel, whose opening in 1903 was celebrated by beautiful women and handsome men crowding its lobbies and hallways.

Decades later, Luckie Street became a business and entertainment focal point, host to a bevy of the best restaurants, theater and nightlife available in the city. It was home to the venerated Herren's Restaurant, Emiles and the Playboy Club.

Today, this tree-lined boulevard between Centennial Olympic Park and Woodruff Park is still hot and happening, with Georgia State University buildings, the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts, the Balzer Theater at Herren's, and the Tabernacle, plus many more entertainment, dining and shopping venues nearby.

The Georgia Dome, Philips Arena, CNN Center, Georgia World Congress Center, Peachtree Center, AmericasMart, and many other major city venues are within walking distance. The Georgia Aquarium, new World of Coke and Imagine It! Children's Museum are also just around the corner. 123 Luckie Street is only two blocks from the Peachtree Center MARTA station. (Find out more about Our Neighborhood!)


Example of one of the many mosaic artworks installed in the sidewalks of Luckie Street.

Luckie Street falls within the Fairlie-Poplar Historic District. According to the text of the National Register nomination for the Fairlie-Poplar District, the area contains the "largest and most concentrated intact portion of Atlanta's late nineteenth and early twentieth central business district."

In the late 1990s, Luckie Street got a new look, with a streetscape project that renovated sidewalks, brought new light posts with decorative banners, and a series of mosaic tile works. The mosaics were created by local artists Tom Haney and Paula Joerling, working with local schoolchildren.

Construction on 123 Luckie Street was completed in 2000 and residents began moving in June of that year. To learn more about life in the community, visit the section of this site For Residents.

Related Links:

  • Capturing the Phoenix
    Part of the library's Special Collections, a sample of Atlanta Area Photographs from the Lane Brothers and Tracy O'Neal Collections.
  • Fairlie-Poplar
    Overview of recent work in the district.
  • The Piedmont Hotel
    Vintage postcard with information on the hotel.

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