American Cancer Society Center

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The American Cancer Society Center is a large convention center and office building in downtown Atlanta, adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park. The building contains about 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m ²), including a parking garage and a partially underground loading area. The building, originally called Inforum Technology Center or Inforum , was designed by the famous Atlanta architect John Portman, who had previously designed the AmericasMart building.

The ACS Center is connected via two indoor pedestrian bridges to the cliffs of the AmericasMart 3 building, across from Williams Street to the east. In addition to housing the National Home Office and the South Atlantic Division of the American Cancer Society, the Center also provides office space for AT & amp; T, InComm, Internap, Turner Broadcasting System, and US South Communications. Fiber optic connectivity is available throughout the structure.

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Interior Design

The lower level (Ground and Mezzanine) consists of conference rooms and conferences, several business offices, and a two-tier theater that has 450 seats. Bridge Level (with 22ft (6.7m) ceiling), above Mezzanine, Park View CafÃƒ Â© Ã‚ houses, cafeteria breakfast and lunch restaurants , and Internap. The Bridge Level was originally called Expo , and consisted mostly of convention floor space, requiring very high ceilings. Much of the space, including an inactive passenger bridge, is now leased by Internap, residential telecommunication equipment and office space. Six floors of office space are above the Bridge, covering only part of the north-to-south distance of the building. Office floor 1 is also called Atrium.

The building provides an escalator between Ground, Mezzanine, Bridge, and Atrium. Two sets of four passenger elevators connect all floors: a set of journeys from the underground parking (AD level) rises through the Atrium, and the second from the Atrium to the office floor 6. Secondary elevators actually start at the Bridge level, but since the change from Expo to the office space, that level is now disabled in the secondary elevator and can not be accessed except through the service door inside the Internap office. Three service elevators cover the entire building from loading docks (parallel to underground parking) through office level 6.