Here's a fascinating view of a slice of downtown Decatur as seen from the elevated perch of one of the buildings on the square, Birdi's.
In the center of this shot is the still under construction Decatur Federal Building, now known as the Wachovia Building.
Scroll to the bottom for a short but detailed description of the structure, as written up in Georgia Magazine in the Aug-Sept 1961 issue.
It's especially fascinating to see how Decatur looked before Sycamore Street ended at Church Street (as it does now). The buildings in the foreground fell victim to the construction of the Decatur MARTA station, which sits immediately underneath them.
Date: 1961
