Underground Atlanta
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Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment complex in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, near the intersection of the MARTA rail lines. First opened in 1969, it takes advantage of the viaducts built over the city's many railroad tracks to accommodate automobile traffic. Each level has two main halls, still called Upper and Lower Alabama and Pryor Streets.
Underground is home to several nightclubs and bars in Kenny's Alley, and enjoys special exemptions including an open container provision allowing patrons to take alcoholic drinks from bar to bar, and a 4:00AM closing time that remains 90 minutes later than the rest of the city now has. The complex has had a difficult history and reputation among residents of Atlanta.
Every New Year's Eve, there is a grand Peach Drop celebration that happens in Underground Atlanta, in which a giant foam peach drops from a small tower, followed by fireworks.
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