Atlanta Landmark: Check out the Atlanta Cyclorama!!
It's an Atlanta landmark. Since 1922, Grant Park has housed the Atlanta Cyclorama, a panoramic painting depicting the Battle of Atlanta of the American Civil War, as well as an accompanying diorama installed in 1936. The work was at one time the world's largest oil painting, and measures 42 feet high by 358 feet long. To view it, the audience is seated in the middle of the 360-degree viewing area, then rotated slowly to see the whole painting. The building also houses a number of Civil War artifacts.
This September, Mayor Kasim Reed and others are meeting to discuss the future of the Cyclorama, which has not drawn many tourists in recent years. It may move to Buckhead, the Atlanta History Center, or to the burgeoning downtown Atlanta tourist district near Centennial Park.
What do you think? Is the Cyclorama old news, or should we keep it in the neighborhood?
