Technology Square
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Technology Square, commonly called Tech Square, is the name of the block of 5th Street between the Downtown Connector and Spring Street in Atlanta, Georgia. It is so named because it was funded by the Georgia Institute of Technology and is the commercial center for the Georgia Tech campus. Opened in 2003,[1] the district was built over run-down neighborhoods and has sparked a revitalization of the entire Midtown area. It lies across the Downtown Connector from the rest of the Georgia Tech campus and is connected to it by the 5th Street Bridge, which was recently reconstructed to make it more pedestrian-friendly.[2]
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[edit] Georgia Tech facilities
It is home to the College of Management,[3] Barnes and Noble @ Georgia Tech,[4] (the official school bookstore), the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center,[5] as well as offices for a number of faculty and graduate students.
On November 24, 2006 the College of Management recently dedicated the state of the art, 2000 square-foot Ferris-Goldsmith Trading Floor. Scheduled to open early spring of 2007 the trading floor will include fifty-four dual-display computers as well as electronic stock information on the walls, training all levels of management students to use financial analysis and electronic trading tools. Management faculty will use the facility to research improved human performance in trading environments as well as the creation of new financial service models.[6] The trading floor will house Tech's new Quantitative and Computational Finance program.
[edit] Research laboratories
The GVU Center, the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), VentureLab, and the Georgia Electronics Design Center research group (GEDC) are all housed around Tech Square. The buildings in Technology Square also host a variety of small businesses as well as business ventures spawned by Georgia Tech research.
[edit] Commerical shops
Tech Square also contains several restaurants, including Moe's Southwest Grill, Marble Slab, Tin Drum, Ribs and Blues, St Charles Deli, The Globe, Starbucks, and Ray's Pizza, as well as other non-food retail establishments.[7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ Technology Square Grand Opening. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Stephenson, James. "Renovated Fifth Street Bridge opens", The Technique, 2007-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Georgia Tech Map: College of Management and Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Barnes and Noble @ Georgia Tech. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ College's New High-tech Trading Floor to Prepare Students for Financial Careers. Georgia Tech College of Management. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
- ^ Georgia Institute of Technology (2003-06-24). Georgia Tech Press Release of Technology Square Retail Partners. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
- ^ Georgia Tech Hotel Listing of Tech Square Shops (PDF). Retrieved on 2007-03-25.
[edit] External links
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
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