Visitors will walk into the cyclorama building from underneath the painting before going up escalators to a viewing platform. The pieces missing from the bottom of the painting won’t be replaced, but will be covered by the diorama that will be installed at the base of the painting.
This Confederate monument is located on Peachtree Battle Avenue. An advisory committee will make recommendations in the coming months for what should be done with monuments and street names in Atlanta linked to the Confederacy. (Evelyn Andrews)
One of the two spools of the "Battle of Atlanta" painting is moved by truck from the Cyclorama building in Atlanta's Grant Park on Feb. 10, heading to its new home at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead. (Photo Atlanta History Center)
Atlanta History Center spokesperson Howard Pousner stands in the center's 28,000-square-foot new cyclorama building, pointing out where the 371-foot-long painting will hang on a rail around the circular room's wall.
