Buildings were erected downtown and beautiful cars dotted the busy streets.
Pictures of atlanta georgia mayor. Atlanta mayor on reopening georgia. I can t reconcile the logic behind opening a bowling alley mayor keisha lance bottoms spoke to 11alive s cheryl preheim about the governor s decision to begin. Bottoms in october 1994. She was raised in atlanta.
Hammock s second term 1875 77 when a new city charter changed it to two years. Outgoing atlanta mayor kasim reed endorsed. Welcome to the official facebook page for the city of atlanta. This is a picture taken by georgia tech student arnold hardy of a woman leaping to escape the flames from the winecoff hotel fire of 1947.
The mayor is the highest elected official in atlanta georgia since its incorporation in 1847 the town has had 60 mayors. This is a list of mayors of atlanta in the state of georgia in the united states the term of office was one year until cicero c. Bottoms was elected to atlanta city council in 2009 and re elected in 2013 representing district 11 which covers a large portion of southwest atlanta. Atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms married derek w.
Do you have any vintage photos of people in or from georgia. The civil rights movement was in full swing led by martin luther king jr. Kennedy park on atlanta s westside more than 20 000 trees planted throughout the community and the seamless coordination of 40 federal. Under mayor bottoms leadership the city of atlanta led the historically successful staging of super bowl liii which included unprecedented community benefits a 2 4 million renovation of john f.
City of atlanta government atlanta georgia. Georgia in the 1950s a time of change and a time of revolution. Early life and education. Elected in november 2017 mayor keisha lance bottoms serves as the executive officer of the city of atlanta.
Did we mention poodle skirts and bobby socks were all the rage. Bottoms is a graduate of frederick douglass high school florida a m university and georgia state university college of law 1994. The couple both attorneys met three years prior during their first year at georgia state university college of law. As chief administrator and official representative mayor bottoms is responsible for the general management of the city and for seeing that all laws and ordinances are enforced.
You can also keep up with us on twitter at cityofatlanta. The current mayor is keisha lance bottoms. She was elected as mayor in 2017 after receiving a plurality of votes.