22 ways Atlanta was different the last time there was a total solar eclipse in the U.S.
By Allie Goolrick
The last time there was a total solar eclipse in the (contiguous) United States, the world, and Atlanta, looked pretty different!
A total solar eclipse was visible over the much of the U.S. on February, 26 1979 -- 38 years ago. Here's a look at what has changed since then... and what's stayed the same!
A hometown Georgia boy was in the White House:
The metro area had fewer than half of our current population (2.2 million in 1978 to 5.7 million today):
The Peachtree Plaza was the tallest building in ATL:
The downtown business district looked like this:
10th and Peachtree wasn’t nearly as developed and had a reputation for attracting runaways:
Ponce City Market was a Sears retail store:
MARTA was brand new:
Moe's and Joe's on Highland Ave. had already been in business for 32 years...
...and Atlanta landmark Mary Mac's Tea Room had been open for 34.
You could buy a whole house in Atlanta for $73k:0
...and a brand new car for less than $6,000:1
Andre 3000 was 4 years old, so the world wouldn't hear "Hey Ya" for another 24 years:
Bobby Cox was only in his 2nd season of his first stint as manager of the Braves...
...Who played here, at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium:
O.J. Simpson played his final NFL game, a loss to the Falcons, at the stadium and had to be escorted off the field by police officers:
Your computer may have looked like this:
You would have been rocking your video games on this:
Space Invaders was taking the world by storm:
Three's Company was the top entertainment show on TV:
This little-known musical was probably your favorite movie: 0
"Do You Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart was the top song:1
You probably jammed to that song on this nifty, brand new product, the Sony Walkman:2