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<blockquote data-quote="Tommy_Taylor_1972" data-source="post: 1009871" data-attributes="member: 6776"><p>The topo map shows the blue-ish lowlands of Georgia Tech that had to be considered as Tech grew. The Atlanta news article below says that Peters Park was favored below Grant Park in southeast Atlanta for the site of the new technological school in 1887 because of the low land location in Peters Park. The gift and sale totaling 8 acres by Richard Peters in his Peters Park development area, plus a large monetary commitment from donors tot he state, landed Georgia Tech where it is today. It was later published in the Atlanta Journal in 1929 that Coach Alexander spent the money from the 1928 Rose Bowl win to build athletic grounds on Rose Bowl Field, which was a garbage dump for the residents of Peters Park at the time, meaning that it was on an uninhabited creek bed. Although we did not see a creek running through campus in 1968, we did have to walk up that big hill to classes 6 days a week..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]16083[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]16082[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tommy_Taylor_1972, post: 1009871, member: 6776"] The topo map shows the blue-ish lowlands of Georgia Tech that had to be considered as Tech grew. The Atlanta news article below says that Peters Park was favored below Grant Park in southeast Atlanta for the site of the new technological school in 1887 because of the low land location in Peters Park. The gift and sale totaling 8 acres by Richard Peters in his Peters Park development area, plus a large monetary commitment from donors tot he state, landed Georgia Tech where it is today. It was later published in the Atlanta Journal in 1929 that Coach Alexander spent the money from the 1928 Rose Bowl win to build athletic grounds on Rose Bowl Field, which was a garbage dump for the residents of Peters Park at the time, meaning that it was on an uninhabited creek bed. Although we did not see a creek running through campus in 1968, we did have to walk up that big hill to classes 6 days a week.. [ATTACH type="full"]16083[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]16082[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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