20-13 Atlanta Georgia Street Tour 2020 (New Footage)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ส.ค. 2020
- This was shot in June 2020 featuring a route through Downtown, Midtown, and the Buckhead areas of Atlanta on a Saturday morning with light traffic and great lighting conditions. FAQ'a and Director's Commentary ae at the end of the ride.
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I am impressed with all the trees lining the streets in downtown Atlanta.
Me too!!
Atlanta is affectionately known as a “city in the forest.” Surrounding the iconic skyline of buildings stands giant trees and other types of plant life that envelop much of the man-made infrastructure.
@ thats south fulton. City of Atlanta has tree ordinances. Idk about City of South Fulton.
City in a Forest🌲🌲🌲
Don’t be fooled. Normally, the traffic is so bad, there’s no movement.
Great choice of music. Arrested development! You took me back with that one. Great video. We are thinking of moving to Georgia.
Thank you very much!
Grew up there, planning on moving back.
@@Freewayjim Look, There is another error at the ending credits at 18:08. It says "June 13, 2020 at 10:35PM."
I love Atlanta. I am a transplant originally from Gary,IN. Moved here in 1986. I wouldn’t move back north for no amount of money. The weather is always beautiful and I live in the suburbs where we have really beautiful parks in the Lawrencevill/Suwannee area.
I hear ya, I'm from New Hampshire and would not move back either.
Me my 9 nine year old daughter love your channel..my daughter has autism she loves watching you drive and I love the music...plus they help her drift off to sleep...but she loves your channel..watches everyday ❤
Thank you very much for sharing that and for watching, glad you all enjoy the videos!
Thanks Jim. I can’t travel due to all of this COVID-19 but when I do I love to rent a car and just go riding in the city listening to good local channels in the city. This here is great to replace it for now! I love it!
Thank you very much, Duke!
Atlanta keeps growing like kudzu, that new building on Peachtree Road was huge! I miss my Georgia cities, it'd be great to see Athens again soon too.
Wow! I absolutely loved this video! I’m an Atlanta transplant myself and lived here for almost 30 years. I got a feeling of hometown pride watching this. From Freedom Parkway up through Buckhead I pictured myself driving to work at different jobs I had over the years. Atlanta really did change. Atlanta is more set up for the Olympics now than in 1996! Iconic Ponce de Leon would make a neat tour too! I also appreciate how your ride along went past the sites of the protest / riots we had only a few weeks prior. We are a diverse and peaceful city, cleaning the mess up straight away with the help of volunteer Atlanta citizens chipping in. Peaceful protests could be seen later in the afternoon throughout your route. Lately, as I get older, I also think about moving outside of Atlanta because the cost of living can be high. But this video represents what I love about living in Atlanta. Where else can you find such a groovy and pretty way of living!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Unlike some big cities getting to and from Downtown, Midtown and Buckhead are very easy to do and is fairly easy to get around.
I've loved your drive videos for ages. And I have to say the music choices have been awesome, they definitely add to the overall feel. And you have no idea how much my music collection has grown simply by watching these vids, you have such awesome taste.
Thank you for sharing that, it means a lot to me, it makes me happy when people not only enjoy the videos but the music as well because that is such a personal thing.
Happy Easter!
I live in the suburbs of Atlanta (Dallas) and worked for AAA. I'm a native of Ga. Every street you showed was part of the area I used to work in. Thank you for that awesome video.
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it!
@@Freewayjim Are you preparing social distancing?
@@Dexeria I don't know what you mean
I always love watching your Atlanta videos as some of the locations are familiar to me! Especially the ones going down Peachtree Road. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much!
Nice ride- Atlanta is a city that is on my bucket list of places to visit in my lifetime and also see- and I loved seeing the surface streets of Buckhead as well! Great ride! Sorry about the delay in seeing this- and your Seattle video but sometimes I can get caught up in my own worlds and all- I really am impressed with Atlanta and one day want to see it myself. I always wanted to- I grew up watching Braves games on WTBS and always was fascinated by Georgia, Atlanta and all as well! Great ride- well worth the wait to see!
Thank you, I hope you are able to get here one day, the area is constantly growing.
I’ve always loved Atlanta. Even when I was like 8 or 7, I always felt like I was supposed to grow up there, instead of Arkansas. It’s just something about the A that I love. Can’t wait to move there! Thank you for this vid 🔥
Thank you, hope you get to move here.
congratulations, your videos are wonderful, it was through them that I rediscovered the heart group with the fabulous barracuda because I didn't remember singing, thanks man.
Thank you for watching!
My husband and I enjoyed this tour immensely! As we see the beauty of the changes, we were taken back to our younger days in Hotlanta! Thank you
And the music!!!
Thank you both very much, glad you enjoyed everything!
This video immediately skyrocketed into my top 10 favorite FWJ videos list. Lots to digest here and I could spend all evening typing. Attention Trucking DMs and/or dispatchers... Wanna confuse a young (green) driver? Just tell him his delivery is on Peachtree... You'll have hours of fun hearing "which one" over and over every 10 minutes. Satch AND the Moodys! Concerts from the Gods!!! Etc, Etc, Etc...
LOL! yeah, that could be confusing, glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
Good to hear from you! Glad you still upload new content. Enjoyed it very much - thanks!
Thank you very much!
MAN, this was a nice relaxing video!! It's conditions like this that give you a good vibe. Great picks for music, to compliment it. Blessings from Tasmania.
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
*I’m a Native of Atlanta and a Real 🍑 of Georgia all my 63 years!! I must admit, I miss the old simple love of Atlanta and it’s greenery also the pink & white blooms of the Dogwood trees that lined the residents and businesses curb!! Atlanta gives us 5 seasons each year! Thanks Jim for reminding me of those good old memories!* 😊
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
@Freewayjim *You Are So Welcome!* 😊
One of the things I love about Downtown Atlanta: The trees lining Andrew Young Int'l Blvd.
I live in Griffin, and hardly ever get up ATL way, so your videos in the city are always great!
Thank you, I don't get downtown as much as I used to.
@@Freewayjim No problem, you've got a treasure trove of Atlanta videos to fall back on! Thanks for all you do, Jim!
@@MarkL0360 Much appreciated, thank you!
I can't believe it took me so long to say that I enjoy your videos immensely. A plus for me: I live in Dallas. Your intro shows Central Expy. headed south, Forest Ln. coming up. I'd take that exit to get to my house. BTW, that is the busiest intersection in Texas. The "High Five."
Thank you very much for watching and it's also the most impressive looking interchange in Texas :)
Thanks for sharing this great video. Atlanta is my hometown and I am so proud. Fun to watch familiar sights.
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
@@Freewayjim Where did you see Tom Grose and The Varsity. I used to go see them often but I forgot where they used to play.
@@susanbrazeal1275 I did not "see" them, just heard them a lot on 94Q Jazz Flavors and I have the CD "She Wants Your Money".
@@Freewayjim I used to see them often live. I don't remember where:(.
@@Freewayjim It was Timothy Johns in Sandy Springs.
I can tell these videos take a lot of effort and thought, thanks for the video!
They certainly do, thank you for acknowledging that and for watching.
Your videos 📹 are so beautiful and qualitative. Beautiful sceneries of the great city of Atlanta, Georgia. The background music 🎶 is top notch 👌, I am literally taking a great tour around Atlanta in the comfort of my home on my phone📱screen. Big up to FWJ channel; you've wom my heart ❤ and my subscription. Keep well and stay blessed 🙏
Thank you for watching, glad you enjoy the videos.
I visited Atlanta Halloween weekend of 2016. I was there to see the Packers play the Falcons, which was a crushing defeat for Green Bay at the last minute. I was happy to see the Georgia Dome before it was replaced, great stadium by dome standards. The weather has incredibly hot & humid that weekend, which is uncharacteristic for Atlanta at that time of year (If I'm not mistaken.) I really enjoyed my time out there, spend a lot of time downtown, and ate at "Googie Burger" several times. Great video as always! Hopefully, someday I can see the new stadium.
Thank you!
a new one from you Jim!!!! I was so happy to see that notification! I'm excited! Good to see you again and I hope you have been well!!! Never been to Atlanta so I really liked this little tour! *thumbs up* PS: loved your choice of music, like usual! :)
Thank you, all is good here, I hope you are well, glad you liked the tunes.
Really enjoyed this street tour of ATL. I also like to go when things are quiet 🏢 🏗️ (no ppl around or traffic) so I appreciated your efforts here. Would love to have been at the Champagne Jam concert too!! 😃
Thanks, I prefer to film/drive in these conditions as well, yes Champagne Jam had some nice lineups.
Me too, I like that it's a beautiful city that's not crowded.
@@unknownx7252 It's getting crowded.
It was great visiting you and riding along for the journey, especially with all the conversations and insights during the trip. Aspects of Downtown Atlanta and Midtown were really nice, I felt some familiar vibes of Downtown Oakland during the drive. I hope to get on editing the rest of the video footage soon and get more out before the end of the year.
Thanks, it was a fun time for sure, looking forward to seeing what you do with the rest of the footage for sure.
I watched this earlier this evening and I really enjoyed this tour through your city. I can't wait for this pandemic to be over with so you and everybody can take road trips without worring about getting sick. May you please do more videos in Montana. My husband is from there and it's beautiful. If it is convenient for you. Keep up the good work, and hopefully next year will be better for road travel.
Thank you very much, Montana is not exactly on my beaten path, I enjoyed driving through the state very much in 2016 and hope to get back but it may be a few years.
Great video and a great change of pace showing city streets and sharing some of Atlanta’s rich history
The only time I been to Atlanta was driving through on the highway or catching a connecting flight at the airport I’ll have to actually go visit and stay for a few days Atlanta has very beautiful scenery
Thanks for the content
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
Ponce City Market , Virginia Highlands, High Museum of Art and Woodruff Arts Center are also great places to see dont forget Piedmont Park 🔆 Atlanta is a beautiful city i love living here
@@annholley3540 Yes they are!
Man thank you. I went to the ATL in late 2017 for Thanksgiving man time flies.
Thank you.
Thanks for another video. I had a feeling that when you listed this as an upcoming video that you'd use the Atlanta Rhythm Section in the soundtrack.
Ha, good call on your part, thank you!
Great mixture of music. I love my city! Beautiful video!
Thank you very much!
Came here just for the wonderful music. Keep up the good work!! I be back to watch all your videos 😊
Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the tunes!
That was so nice now I want to go so bad, and loved your music selection also!
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this video, Jim! I loved it very much - the music and the sights. it made me very nostalgic for my days as an Uber/Lyft/DoorDash/etc driver in Atlanta a few years ago. I know nostalgia for 2017 pales in comparison to nostalgia for 1982, but it's all I have...lol. I personally would love to hear your stories of pre-Olympics midtown/downtown...it's so bourgie now. I love seeing the photos of old Atlanta. It's shame not many people were able to take road videos of Atlanta back in the day. I've always wanted to know what it was like to drive on the connector before the rebuild. All the best from Tuscaloosa, Ala.!
Thank you, yeah parts along this ride were really gritty back in the 80s and 90s and Buckhead wasn't what it is today either. The connector, and just about all Atlanta Freeways before the rebuild was garbage, the connector especially, it was still using its pre-Interstate 1951 design in places.
@LA Ryan 100% Agree with that.
Great music and overall great video. I would love to visit Atlanta someday.
Thank you!
It ain't wat Yu think
Peachy drive and video.
Thank you for a very clean windshield. I’ve been suffering some really dirty ones lately in videos.
Cheers to all! Stay well.
Thank you very much and thanks for noticing the windshield, I am very conscious of it....I don't understand how others knowingly set up a camera to film but don't clean the windshield beforehand.
Awesome video, looking at ATL as one of the cities im considering moving to before the end of 2020 so thanks for a really cool look at what could become my new home.
Thank you and good luck!
Hey Jim! Nice video I just want to let you know. That at the beginning there must’ve been a copyright issue hopefully you will remix it soon! :) Also this is a great video! It shows of the vibrancy of downtown Atlanta! It kinda reminds me of deep Ellum here in Dallas! Hopefully Downtown Dallas can eventually be as big as Downtown Atlanta!
Thanks and there probably was, probably won't remix this one.
I gotta say not only you picked a great day for drive downtown but Atlanta is sure beautiful city. Never been there and thanks for the video, now I know what downtown looks like.
Also good song picks. I haven't heard Arrested development song in ages, took me back in time, I believe I was in eighth of ninth grade at the time the song came out.
Thank you, yes it was an ideal day, and I have many other Atlanta area videos on this channel and I'm glad you liked the tunes.
Great video! I love how you do these. Side note: Margaret Mitchell house is where she lived, but she actually wrote most of Gone with the Wind over at Vickery’s on Crescent. Lots of history in that place, and sadly it succumbed to developers a few years ago. :(
Also, when people are asking for traffic, they don’t understand what it is they are asking for ha!
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the ride. Very familiar territory. My sister lived in Smyrna from 2003 to 2014 and everywhere we went in the Metro area, she would take a different route to and from our destinations. She didn’t like traveling the same way all the time. 😊😊
Thank you!
Oh man.. I was supposed to go there for the first time in March, but covid just had to ruin it..
But anyway...I love your videos so much!! Hopefully I can reschedule my trip soon.
Thank you for watching, I hope things get back to normal where we can all travel again soon.
Great soundtrack. It kept me engaged. Thanks.
That's the goal, glad you liked it!
Enjoyed this immensely. I was last there in 1994 and it's such a different city now. We stayed in Buckhead, and there wasn't really all that much to it back than. Looks great now. I see from Streetview that Buckhead Diner is still there! I was especially impressed with Midtown in the video.
Thank you very much!
I moved out of atl after being there for 8 yrs in March. All these rds that you travel bought back memories, especially at court land st. That’s where I went to gsu at and near the Benz stadium since I lived near there on the west side last yr.
Great video! Atlanta honestly looks like a really giant (but nice) city. Hope I have the opportunity to visit that city one day.
Nice Video and the perfect route for an Atlanta street tour.
Thank you very much!
Me watching in Atlanta
If I live here. Then where am I ;(
Video looking good like always, thanks! Kind regards from the Netherlands
Thank you for the comment and for watching!
Nice job! Loved the soundtrack👍
Thank you very much!
Great video!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you!
Great tour of the streets of ATL and you hit all the high spots, backed up with an excellent soundtrack (I've always thought of Champagne Jam as one of Atlanta's signature songs). Did two stints in the ATL myself (both Gwinnett County) in 1974-1982 (childhood-preteen years) and 1997-2009 (adult). Have some good memories but got a little too sprawly and fast-paced for me.
Thank you!
Probably my favourite video of yours in a long time! I always love surface street tours of new cities. Agree with you about doing it at low traffic times. My favourite time to shoot city tour footage is to wake up early on a Sunday morning and go for a ride downtown at 6am at the crack of dawn! Ted Turner is pretty well known here too believe it or not. We've long had CNN and TBS widely available as some of the first imported networks on Cable as soon as the early 80s. 😀
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I don't like the idea of filming a route like this during the normal hustle and bustle of the day, some people seem to want that but I don't get the attraction.
Loved those first four minutes especially (that area annually becomes home for a week when DragonCon is in town over Labor Day week, just not this year).
Thanks!
Been wanting to go to Atlanta for DragonCon for years now. Looks like I'll have to wait atleast another year.
I lived in the Atlanta area for ten years. Buckhead was my favorite spot to hang out next to Alpharetta, Sandy Springs and Duluth.
Awesome drive!
Fantastic video!
Thank you!
I'm glad you played The Black Crowes.
They're from nearby Marietta. Was passing by there recently on the way home from the mountains & Atlanta has a kicking station that specializes in Southern-infused rock...We loved it!
Wanted to mix the soundtrack up and needed some energy and short song to start.
@@semineil BIG CHUNGAS
when I went to Atlanta last year I didn't even hear anything from The Black Crowes. But they did play The Who.
...and not the abominable version with the horn section.
6:12 US 278 appears on a Georgia route marker. All of the US routes in Georgia also have state designations, and the Interstates have hidden 400-series routes, which are shown on the state highway map.
Herndon homes 🙁only real atl folks remember Herndon homes
Yeah...tell me about it😳
LA Ryan do it
Techwood, Perry, Capitol, Carver, and all the damn homes....lol....not to mention East Lake Meadows (little Vietnam), Bankhead Courts, Hollywood Courts....just too many to name....glad they tore em all down
I live 1 mile from where you started filming on Freedom Parkway.
You got more I love this
I have more of everything, There's an Atlanta playlist with a couple older street tours and I have videos from all over the USA..
@@Freewayjim k I watch then later
@@dasharihughes713 The search bar is your friend, just type "FreewayJim" and whatever place you want to see.
Freewayjim with the new vids. Nice vid 👍
Thank you.
I enjoyed the beautiful music and ride
Thank you very much for watching.
Lived there from 1993-2015.And enjoyed my time there. He had the right idea shooting early . Traffic is a nightmare.
Thanks, yeah no doubt on the traffic.
This video is amazing
Thank you!
I’m form Atlanta and I can’t recognize nothing anymore. Everything has changed. Just watching this makes me feel like a total stranger.
Never viewed this channel but it was in my recommended 😂🤷🏾♂️
Welcome!
Very nice video. I live right off Peachtree Road, 2 blocks east of Lenox Square. We love it here. There’s a lot to love about the area.
I like that area as well.
Nifty city...only ever been there once and it was on a layover at the airport! It’s cool to see the same US Route 19 that passes through western Pennsylvania (my home) also passes through the ATL!
Yep, that is the same US-19 indeed.
Nice video 👍 I just joined today . I live in Atlanta now, originally from Buffalo NY . Keep up the good work sir 🤗
Thank you very much and welcome aboard!
good thing you posted i was worry
About what? I've posted the last two weeks in a row.
@@Freewayjim oh maybe i didn't watch you in a long time or my phone just telling me a lie cuz it says you didn't posted in 2 months 👁️👄👁️
Hi Freewayjim it's Daniel Matthew Hurst. You did a nice video I hope one day to meet you and hopefully live in Atlanta one day.
Thank you!
Was the genesis a rental or did u buy it?
Neither
What a Great Video and the music playing is great. I miss Atlanta Metro Area. I would return soon.
Thank you very much!
Me too
Was the first song muted by copyright again?
Love the vibe! Arrested development! One of Atlantas greatest groups of all time
Thank you!
Hey when you coming back to Pittsburgh? I’d like to see some videos of the neighborhoods there. And of course more highway stuff would be cool too.
I don't know, but I would like to.
Damn, Jim. You've been on the road for years. You're still at it. ATL is changed a lot. I see the Fail-cons have a new playground to lose on year after year 🏈
LOL, yeah been doing this since 2007.
Atanta is so beautiful
It is a wonderful city.
very nice, thank u
Thank you!
I don’t know what it is but it’s such a kick when you drive through our town. And really... (!) Isn’t it the best way to see ATL? Down Peachtree through Midtown into Buckhead? Can’t tell you why but these are so relaxing and fascinating.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoy the videos....yes I agree, this the best route out of the city if you were wanting to show someone from out of town (and I had an out of towner with me which made it an easy call).
While I love the freeway tours I love city street tours also. Since I am not familiar with hotlanta this tour was quite enlightening. Thank you.
Glad you liked it, thank you!
Love the video! This was filmed at 10:38pm?
AM, it said 10:35 AM at the beginning...I hate when people point this out, it obviously wasn't PM. I use templates from previous videos sometimes things get overlooked, is it really worth mentioning?
As an Uber Eats Cyclist, you've crossed a lot of the ATL territory I usually do business in. Nice vid!
Thank you!
Great video.
Thank you!
Thank you
Thank you for watching!
Atlanta is a nice and pretty city. But the only big issue is that it’s the city that gets a lot of traffic jams.
Most big cities do.
Growing pains! When a city metro is too attractive traffic jams follow.
Name a big city that DOESN'T have traffic....we'll all wait for your reply
Nice drive, not too much traffic and there's so many trees!
Not too much traffic = optimal conditions to film it, yes it's a very lush and green city.
Yes, Atlanta is nicknamed the city in the forest
I went to Atlanta back in the summer of 2019 I have to that ATL has some amazing architecture it reminds me of how Kansas City was built and how the buildings are there. I’d like to come back to Atlanta one day.
Hey great video love the b g music.
Thank you!
I think there’s an error at the end you said it was filmed @10:35 pm . Please correct me if I’m wrong but I really enjoyed the video and the music too so amazing unlike other people posting mute videos without music.
You are the 4th person to mention it, I use templates for things like that and I simply forgot to change the P to an A, more importantly, the time is correct at the start of the video ;). And thank you on the video and music, glad you enjoyed it.
You should mention the woodruff arts center Atlanta Symphony Hall, Alliance theater, and High Museum of Art you passed at 1280 Peachtree st.
1:04 What's that ovpass-like structure for? Catching the radio tower if it falls?
It's an ice canopy, in case we have an ice storm (which happens every few years) it blocks the ice falling off the radio tower and wires so it doesn't hit the cars passing by.
Beautiful footage! I've been in Texas so long, I forget other states mount their traffic lights up and down instead of sideways :P
Thank you, lol!
@Taylor Montgomery Most states have vertical traffic signals. New Mexico, Texas and Florida mostly have horizontal traffic lights. Some states such as New Jersey have one or the other, depending on the municipality.
@@crazeyjoe yeah, actually here in Texas there are a couple of larger cities that do vertical, notably San Antonio.
@@TaylorMMontgomery I know Texas has a few exceptions as does Florida.
I live here 💖💖
great vid
Thank you!
The lights weren't in your favor for that trip. A lot of them turned yellow on you, my man. Great video.
Thank you!
At 8:15, what happened to the Fox Theater? The entry looked like it was boarded up with plywood as if it was closed. Nice ride on Peachtree. The traffic looked light for a Saturday.
The era of COVID-19 of course, not sure what the deal was at the Fox.
@@Freewayjim riots?
@@edkollin I don't think so but have no idea.....I don't come down here much anymore, not in touch with what's going on.