Talk:Georgia Aquarium

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Date of review: 20 September 2006

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One problem with the aquarium is the lack of signs discussing the fish/mammals in each exhibit. Most aquariums, Monterey in California, Long Beach Aquarium, ex., have signs lists the habitat the exhibit lives, what is eats, mating habits, male/female appearance differences and other useful knowlege. The Georgia Aquarium has very limited information, usually a colorful painted picture on an exhibit with one sentence. The aquariums' lack of information is probably based on their primary mission statement of entertainment first, then education. Not being able to identify the exhibits, due to a lack of information is a serious omission. Image walking around the Smithsonian without the signs and information about each exhibit, it might be an entertaining experience, but it would be light on an educational experience. The aquarium is nice, but not a repeat experience.

Steven Y.

[edit] Location

Is all the stuff about location really necessary? How is any of that stuff relevent to the topic? The location of the acquarium has been metioned earlier in the article, why are we trying to plug the prime real estate of that area in this article? How does it matter where CNN, Philips Arena and Ernst & Young are located? AreJay

Agreed — There is a lot of stuff in that area (it is downtown Atlanta, so of course it's near a lot of things). The aquarium is also very near the Georgia State campus, and in decent walking distance from Georgia Tech. ~ Booya ^Bazooka 22:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

The article is factually incorrect in regards to Pemberton Place. The W Hotel, Ernst & Young, and Southern Company are all part of a development named Ivan Allen Plaza. It is close to the aquarium but is not the same thing as Pemberton Place, which consists of the Georgia Aquarium, the new World of Coca-Cola museum and greenspace to be developed later. Pemberton Place is one superblock bounded by Centennial Olympic Park Drive, Baker Street, Luckie Street, and Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. Once an article (or at least a stub) is created for Pemberton Place, this confusion should be decreased.

The location is relevent in sense that the aquarium has spurred or at the very least, accelerated development in a part of Atlanta that was mostly made up of vacant lots and industrial buildings. The brand of hotel or name of which corporate headquarters are located nearby does not appear to be relevent. AubieTurtle 18:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)