Talk:Georgia Aquarium

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Contents 1 Location 2 Failed GA 3 Exhibits 4 Largest

[edit] Location

Is all the stuff about location really necessary? How is any of that stuff relevent to the topic? The location of the acquarium has been metioned earlier in the article, why are we trying to plug the prime real estate of that area in this article? How does it matter where CNN, Philips Arena and Ernst & Young are located? AreJay

Agreed — There is a lot of stuff in that area (it is downtown Atlanta, so of course it's near a lot of things). The aquarium is also very near the Georgia State campus, and in decent walking distance from Georgia Tech. ~ Booya ^Bazooka 22:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

The article is factually incorrect in regards to Pemberton Place. The W Hotel, Ernst & Young, and Southern Company are all part of a development named Ivan Allen Plaza. It is close to the aquarium but is not the same thing as Pemberton Place, which consists of the Georgia Aquarium, the new World of Coca-Cola museum and greenspace to be developed later. Pemberton Place is one superblock bounded by Centennial Olympic Park Drive, Baker Street, Luckie Street, and Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd. Once an article (or at least a stub) is created for Pemberton Place, this confusion should be decreased.

The location is relevent in sense that the aquarium has spurred or at the very least, accelerated development in a part of Atlanta that was mostly made up of vacant lots and industrial buildings. The brand of hotel or name of which corporate headquarters are located nearby does not appear to be relevent. AubieTurtle 18:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Failed GA

A very nice article, but it needs footnotes. "General references" doesn't cut it when you've got so many specific facts.

Other than that, well-written and (especially) illustrated. Daniel Case 01:55, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Exhibits

The exhibits should be listed in the order they are explained.68.225.113.222 19:54, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Largest

The article casts a lot of doubt on the largest claim, but it doesn't actually note any competing aquariums that say they're larger. Note that the Dubai project is not yet open for business, so it doesn't count. If there are no active competing claims, this should just be stated as a fact. Superm401 - Talk 07:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)