Underground Atlanta

Underground Atlanta is Atlanta's bad child.  It houses the zero milepost of the first rail line from Atlanta Ga. to Chattanooga Tn.  It also served as a supply depot of the Confederacy during the Civil war.  The actual historic area of Underground lays beneath this shot where you will find shops that sell tchotchkes, nail saloons and $1.00 stores.  Really, there's nothing that you would ever want to buy or see.    All of this badness hasn't kept the city from pumping tax dollars into "improving" the area but it has kept any potential customers from shopping there.  The only thing missing from this photograph is a tumbleweed blowing across the pathway. 

I worked with dodging and burning to give the effect you see in the brickwork.  I wanted the spots where the brick was obviously patched to stand out.  ttp://www.underground-atlanta.com/about-us/history-of-underground.html