Architect Haralson Bleckley spent decades championing a 'City Beautiful' vision to deck over downtown's unsightly rail gulch with grand public plazas; never built in his lifetime, his idea echoed for a century until Liberty Plaza finally rose near the Capitol.
Haralson Bleckley, 1870-1933
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Haralson Bleckley, 1870-1933 is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7487, -84.3873 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Battle of Kettle Creek (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Great Seal of Georgia, Liberty Plaza, and War Woman.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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