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The MARTA rail system ran underneath Peachtree Street. In a difficult feat of engineering, this portion of rail line was tunneled after construction of the Atlanta Financial Center complex. Twenty-five years earlier, Atlanta’s then mayor argued that the city should fund the extension of the MARTA rail into Buckhead prior to the construction of the huge glass, marble, and steel buildings. But unchecked corruption that plagued Atlanta’s city government at the time prevented the approval.
Straight across Peachtree Street’s six lanes from the Financial Center was Thoughtstorm’s corporate headquarters. The towering building’s shadow darkened a wide swath of Buckhead, Atlanta’s premier business district. The Buckhead area was also well-known for courting the nightlife crowd. Upscale bars an
