Woodruff Arts Center
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The Woodruff Arts Center is an arts center in the Midtown district of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It is home to the Alliance Theatre Company, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, High Museum of Art, the 14th Street Playhouse, and Atlanta College of Art.
The main campus of the Woodruff Arts Center on Peachtree Street includes the Memorial Arts Building, the High Museum Building, an administrative building, a residence hall for the Atlanta College of Art, and the Arts Center MARTA public transportation station. The 14th Street Playhouse is located off-campus. The Georgia Pacific Tower houses Center's folk art and photography gallery.
In 1968, Atlanta Memorial Arts Center (designed by Joe Amisano) was built and dedicated to the memory of 106 Atlanta art patrons who died in a plane crash during a 1962 art tour in Paris. In 1985, the High Museum moved to a new building next door. Together, the High Museum Building and the Memorial Arts Building were named for donor Robert W. Woodruff, a former president of Coca-Cola. In 2004, the Woodruff Arts Center announced a major expansion project that will cost over $100 million. The architect for this expansion is Renzo Piano.
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