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Pullman Yard

Pullman Yard or Pullman Yards is a former industrial complex in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, comprising a plot of 27 acres used by the Pratt Engineering Company from 1904[1] and the Pullman Company from 1926 to 1955. Southern Iron and Equipment Company purchase the yard in 1955 for train manufacture and repair. The site was placed on the Atlanta Preservation Center's endangered places list in 2001. As Pratt-Pullman Yard, it is a contributing site to the 2009 designation of the Kirkwood Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]

Pratt-Pullman Yard
LocationAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Part ofKirkwood Historic District (ID09000749)
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 2009

History edit

Before Pratt Engineering Company purchased the land, the property was used as farmland.[who?] The Pratt Engineering Company original use was a sugar and fertilizer processing plant.[1] In 1926, the Pullman company purchased the property to repair their railroad sleeper cars. They spent 1 million dollars US$1,000,000 (equivalent to about $22,223,300 in 2023) on renovations.[4]

World War I edit

In World War I the land was used for munitions manufacturing.[1]

Landmark status edit

In 2017 the Atlanta Urban Design Commission nominated the historic site as a landmark site.[5]

Present day edit

In 2017, Atomic Entertainment, a film production company based in Los Angeles, purchased the historic 27 acre property. Before opening the property to the public, Pratt Pullman District was used as the most filmed location in North America, including films like The Hunger Games, Baby Driver, Jumanji and Bad Boys for Life, where they turned the largest building into a 40,000 square foot pool to shoot the boating scenes.

In 2021, Pratt Pullman District welcomed the public originally with a restaurant and exhibits Imagine Picasso and The Van Gogh Experience. Today, all 11 original buildings have been renovated and are functioning as restaurants, bars, event spaces, cultural events, chefs markets, concerts, festivals, Emory Science Gallery, and experiences like Stranger Things, Bridgerton and Jurassic World. There's even roller skating and pickleball.

EXHIBITS & EVENTS Van Gogh - The Immersive Experience Imagine Picasso - Immersive Art Exhibit The Queen's Ball - Bridgerton Experience Stranger Things - The Experience Fan Controlled Football Atlanta Opera ("Cabaret", "As One") ATL United Block Party Compass Realty (RE)Treat Andre Dickens' Mayoral Inauguration Obama/Warnock Run Off Rally Emory Art and Science Gallery Atlanta

ACTIVATIONS & DINING Pieces of Pullman Dailies & Sides Fishmonger Ice Skating Pickleball Roller Skating Silent Disco

CONCERTS & FESTIVALS Pullman Pops: "Motown and R&B" Pullman Pops: "Hollywood Nights" Pullman Pops: "The Music of Billy Joel" Goose Turnpike Troubadours Iron Wine Andrew Bird Uncorked Wine Fest Grilled Cheese Festival Chakakhan Hacienda High Ball Festival

FILM & TV The Hunger Games The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Divergent Jumanji Fast and Furious 5 Baby Driver Bad Boys for Life Fan Controlled Football Watchman Good Girls MacGyver The Resident Brooklyn (HBO) The Originals The Outsider Step Up (Season 2) Revolution of One Valor Amazing Stories American Soul Black Lightning Boss Level Doom Patrol Instant Family Kevin (Probably) Saves the World

UTA Artist Space: "A Stranger's House That Is Our Own", Mario Joyce "Fluent", James Bester "The Past Is the Future and the Future is Now", Ryan Cosbert "Paradise", Braden Hollis To the Last Page", Thelonious Stokes

Filming location edit

Pullman Yards has been the filming location of many movies and television series. List of projects that used the Pratt-Pullman Yard:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Sale of Pullman Yard closes". Decaturish - Locally sourced news. June 15, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2017-02-25: Historic Pullman Yard deserves protection". Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Luce, W. Ray (2009). "Kirkwood Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Pullman Yard officially nominated as a landmark district - Atlanta INtown Paper". Atlanta INtown Paper. July 28, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "Pratt-Pullman Yard nominated as a landmark site". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved August 26, 2017.

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