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Centennial Park: Rings of Water
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  • rexvaughan
  • Updated By rexvaughan on August 11, 2004
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  • Cooling off in the summer - Atlanta
    Cooling off in the summer
    by rexvaughan
    Atlanta's Centinnial Olympic park is one of the legacies of the 1996 Olympic Games held here. It is quite a lovely park right across the street from the CNN Center and has lots of concerts and events. Many concerts, particularly at mid-day, are free and others at night are reasonably priced. Probably the biggest draw is the Rings Fountain. They run constantly and, in warm weather, are covered with kids. The water spurts up and down. The picture caught it on a down cycle. There are also perodic fountain shows a few times a day that are quite nice. There is even a nice little snack bar on the premises. And they sell good Starbuck's coffee.

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Park
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  • By tatyanap on November 25, 2003
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  • Olympic Rings - Atlanta
    Olympic Rings
    by tatyanap
    Centennial Park is downtown Atlanta's gathering place and lasting legacy to the 1996 Olympic Games!

    The Park boasts a variety of free, fun-filled, family entertainment throughout the year.

    Approximately 800,000 bricks were used in the construction of the Park.

    The underground conduit to carry the power distribution stretches for 4.5 miles and the conduit for lighting stretches 8 miles. There are more than 30 miles of wire in the Park.

    There are more than 11 miles of underground irrigation for the Park.

    Granite from each of the five continents represented in the Olympic Games is used in the Park.

    Seven transformers supply power to the Park, ranging in size from 9,000 to 220,000 volts.

    The Fountain of Rings is the world's largest interactive fountain utilizing the Olympic symbol of five interconnecting Rings.

    There are 251 water jets, 400 fog jets and 487 clear, amber and red lights.
    Seven songs are currently programmed with timed sequential light and water displays:

    "Fresh Air Toccata," by Mannheim Steamroller

    "Summon the Heroes," by John Williams

    "1812 Overture Finale," by Tchaikovsky

    "Chariots of Fire," by Vangelis

    "Santorini," by Yanni, Live at the Acropolis

    "Coming to America," by Neil Diamond

    "Under the Sea," from Disney's Little Mermaid, lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Allen Menken

    Five 20-horsepower hydraulic pumps provide water to the Rings. About 5,000 gallons of water per minute will recycle through the fountain, enough to fill an average size swimming pool in five minutes.

    Water height during normal fountain operation is four to 12 feet. During special effects, spray heights can reach 35 feet. The computer-synchronized fountain can be programmed in a variety of water displays including low-pressure, walk-through "water curtains." Fog and misting can also be created for special lighting effects.

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    Centennial Park: Cenntenial Park downtown walking area
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  • Updated By BruceDunning on February 4, 2009
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  • Fountains in the park - Atlanta
    Fountains in the park
    by BruceDunning, 1 more photos
    This is the hang out for families and locals to come downtown and enjoy the day, mostly weekends. It was made for the Olympics in 1996. A nice area that is not real big but feels spread out. From there you can visit many sites downtown. The outcropping of this was a new development just north of 150 acres, and now called Atlantic Station, an urban mixed use complex of living quarters, retail and commercial centers and events.

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Olympic Park
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  • Updated By littlesam1 on July 7, 2006
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  • Gateway of Dreams - Atlanta
    Gateway of Dreams
    by littlesam1, 1 more photos
    Atlanta is a city that has gone through many changes over the years. Like its symbol the Pheonix it has risen from the ashes again and again. At one time the area that is now Centennial Olympic Park was a neighborhood in a run down part of town. I remember the area well from when I was a student in Atlanta in the 1970's. A $75 million dollar park was developed at the time of the Olympics in 1996. After the Olympics 21 acres of the park were opened to the community and today still stands as a gathering spot for tourists and locals. Pictured here is the statue called Gateway of Dreams. It pays homage to Baron PIerre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics. The monument has a statue of the Baron entering a gateway with the Olympic rings overhead.

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Olympic Park
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  • By WaRPer on October 19, 2008
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  • Centennial Olympic Park - Atlanta
    Centennial Olympic Park
    by WaRPer
    Celebrating Atlanta Olympic 1996, this rundown part of the town was converted into a new city's attraction. Apart from the Olympic memorial sculptures, I'd say Centennial Park is the best place to see Atlanta skyline. And most of the tourist attractions; e.g. World of Coca-Cola, Aqarium, CNN, Philips Arena are clustered within this area. There're occational free concerts in Summer / Fall, and ice-skating rink in the Winter. Btw...avoid this area after dark, except on specific holidays (when they have special light shows)

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    Centennial Park: A nice retreat
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  • By PierreZA on September 14, 2007
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  • Centennial Park - Atlanta
    Centennial Park
    by PierreZA
    This park will remind you that Atlanta was the host city of the 1996 Olympic Games.
    It seems that it is frequented by locals with their families, and tourists alike.
    Interesting fountains (olympic rings)

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Olympic Park Fountain and Torches
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  • By atufft on May 12, 2008
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  • Olympic Torch Lamps - Atlanta
    Olympic Torch Lamps
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    Centennial Olympic Park was the location of much activity during the Olympics, and it still shows. The expanse of lawns, fountains in which children can play, and paved plaza are studded with Olympic torch like lamps and a bronze monument to the modern French founder of the Olympics. At one end of the park, near the CNN building, is a wonderful fountain that children can love. The spray is controlled by some kind of computer program to vary the pattern, volume, and type of spray coming from a flat concrete area. Thus, there is no fountain bowl where a child can drown. The fountain is surrounded by a broad array of concrete benches and is well supervised by police. Best of all this is free...a great place to take the kids on a hot Atlanta day.

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Park
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  • By Redlats on March 27, 2004
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  • The Fountain of Rings - Atlanta
    The Fountain of Rings
    by Redlats
    Centennial Park was created for the 1996 Olympic Games. The downtown park is a bit of flat land in a city of buildings; no trees but a fancy fountain. The Fountain of Rings uses the Olympic symbol of five interconnecting Rings.

    The park is free (not really free because parking is quite expensive). We had to walk through it because it is between downtown and the CNN/Phillips Arena/Turner Stadium complex.

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  • Directions: Downtown near the CNN/Phillips Arena/Turner Stadium complex.
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    Centennial Park: Center
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  • By gusgom on February 3, 2004
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  • Centennial Park - Atlanta
    by gusgom
    Parks, and high skybuildings. There is not much in the city center (downtown) other tahn buildings and a few restaurants

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    Centennial Park: Centennial Olympic Aquarium and Coca-Cola
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  • By atufft on May 12, 2008
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  • World of Coca Cola - Atlanta
    World of Coca Cola
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    World and Coca-Cola and the Atlanta Aquarium are at one end of the Centennial Olympic Park. At this end also is a children's play equipment area, and nearby is another monument. I arrived in the late afternoon and both the aquarium and World of Coca Cola were closed. Both appear to be definetly worthwhile to visit though. One Atlanta resident claimed the aquarium is the world's largest, but I've heard this claim before in other cities.

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