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Atlanta’s Millenium Arch in the New York Times

April 30, 2009 at 9:33 am by Andisheh Nouraee in News

Today’s New York Times features a story by Shaila Dewan about Atlantic Station’s Millenium Arch.

Because the arch was near a large blue and yellow furniture store, some people nicknamed it the Arc d’Ikea.

All this time I thought they called it that because it was shipped flat and assembled with a hex wrench.

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3 Responses to “Atlanta’s Millenium Arch in the New York Times”

1. Thomas Wheatley Says:
   April 30th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

   My favorite part, emphasis added:

   Though the arch is new, it has already attained a milestone that other monuments take decades to achieve: no one is quite sure what it is about.

   “It’s supposed to commemorate something,” said Kim Baskerville, 35, who lives nearby.

   “Probably dead Confederates,” said Don Robinson, 64, a retired air traffic control assistant, who was recently waiting at a bus stop near the arch.

2. Paul Says:
   April 30th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

   How in the world did this make NYTimes? And I thought it was the Millenium Gate.

3. Matt Says:
   April 30th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

   It’s a millenial piece o’ crap is what it is – We have a few of these random things about town…like the red tower Olympic torch along the connector…what is that all about?