Technology Square

Technology Square

Technology Square, commonly called Tech Square, is the name of the block of 5th Street between the Downtown Connector and Spring Street in Atlanta, Georgia. It is so named because it was funded by the Georgia Institute of Technology and is the commercial center for the Georgia Tech campus. Announced in 2000 [cite news|first=Jennifer|last=Hinkel|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2000-06-16/news/2|title=Clough holds press conference to reveal master plan details|work=The Technique|date=2000-06-16|accessdate=2007-05-17] and opened in 2003, [cite web|url=http://www.gatech.edu/technology-square/grand-opening.php|title=Technology Square Grand Opening|accessdate=2007-03-25] the district was built over previously vacant surface parking lots and has contributed to an ongoing revitalization of the entire Midtown area. It lies across the Downtown Connector from the rest of the Georgia Tech campus and is connected to it by the 5th Street Bridge, which was recently reconstructed to make it more pedestrian-friendly. [cite news|url=http://nique.net/issues/2007-01-19/news/1|work=The Technique|title=Renovated Fifth Street Bridge opens|first=James|last=Stephenson|date=2007-01-19|accessdate=2007-03-25]

Georgia Tech facilities

It is home to the College of Management, [cite news|first=Arjun|last=Subramanian|url=http://www.nique.net/issues/2003-06-13/news/3|title=Management prepares for Tech Square move|work=The Technique|date=2003-06-13|accessdate=2007-04-04] [cite web|url=http://gtalumni.org/campusmap/bldngmodel.php?id=172&navview=0|title=Georgia Tech
] Barnes & Noble @ Georgia Tech, [cite web|url=http://gatech.bkstore.com/|title=Barnes and Noble @ Georgia Tech|accessdate=2007-03-25] (the official school bookstore), the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, [cite web|url=http://www.gatechhotel.com/index2.asp|title=Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center|accessdate=2007-03-25] as well as offices for a number of faculty and graduate students.

On November 24, 2006 the College of Management recently dedicated the state of the art, 2000 square-foot Ferris-Goldsmith Trading Floor. Scheduled to open early spring of 2007 the trading floor will include fifty-four dual-display computers as well as electronic stock information on the walls, training all levels of management students to use financial analysis and electronic trading tools. Management faculty will use the facility to research improved human performance in trading environments as well as the creation of new financial service models. [cite web|url=http://mgt.gatech.edu/news_room/news/2006/tradingfloor/index.html|title=College's New High-tech Trading Floor to Prepare Students for Financial Careers|publisher=Georgia Tech College of Management|accessdate=2007-03-24] The trading floor will house Tech's new Quantitative and Computational Finance program.

Research laboratories

The GVU Center, the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), VentureLab, and the Georgia Electronics Design Center research group (GEDC) are all housed around Tech Square. The buildings in Technology Square also host a variety of small businesses as well as business ventures spawned by Georgia Tech research.

Commercial shops

Tech Square also contains several restaurants, including Moe's Southwest Grill, Marble Slab, Tin Drum, Ribs and Blues, St Charles Deli, The Globe, Starbucks, and Ray's Pizza, as well as other non-food retail establishments. [cite press release|url=http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=155|title=Georgia Tech Press Release of Technology Square Retail Partners|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|date=2003-06-24|accessdate=2007-03-25] [cite web|url=http://www.gatechhotel.com/AboutUs/retail100303.pdf|title=Georgia Tech Hotel Listing of Tech Square Shops|format=PDF|accessdate=2007-03-25]

Controversy

Georgia Tech has recently proposed the demolition of the Crum & Forster building [cite web|url=http://save771spring.blogspot.com/2008/05/where-to-begin.html|title=Tech applies for permit to demolish Crum & Forster|accessdate=2008-05-18] in order to expand Technology Square. Ironically, the 80-year-old historic landmark was built by the architectural firm of Ivey & Crook, who helped found the school of architecture at Georgia Tech 100 years ago this year.

References

External links

* [http://www.gatech.edu Georgia Institute of Technology]
* [http://www.tsrb.gatech.edu/ Technology Square Research Building]


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