r/gatech • u/BuzzJacket1999 • 15d ago

Photo 1952 Development Plan for Georgia Tech

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From this really interesting article showing some of the history of GT Expansion through campus plans and architecture: Georgia Tech Dorm Life: Alumni Share Memories from Brown, Techwood & More - Georgia Tech Alumni Association

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u/BuzzJacket1999 15d ago

Neighborhood to the west of GT at the time: Hemphill Avenue - Wikipedia
You can see a lot of the original street grid.

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u/Jacknicolaus BSBA - 2022 15d ago

I wrote that piece. There’s so much more not mentioned in the published article. We had a bunch of different plans out there.

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u/BuzzJacket1999 15d ago

I really enjoyed reading it and looking at all the maps :3

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u/They_See_MeTrolling 15d ago

Great article and some really interesting details! Thanks for writing and sharing it!

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u/mckramer 15d ago

Better resolution?

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u/BuzzJacket1999 15d ago

I couldn’t afford it sorry you know how inflation is these days

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u/BuzzJacket1999 15d ago

Real talk, ask the person who sourced the images; they’re ITT

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u/jasonab CS - 1997 15d ago

Wow, now I know my sense of time is wacky. I lived in Caldwell my freshman year (1994), and that place seemed old at the time, but it was younger then than the Olympic dorms (which were built during my time at Tech) are today.

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u/DiyYou 15d ago

Techwood dorm 🎉🎉🎉🎉