Sugar, if you’re lookin’ for the American Cancer Society Center, just lift your eyes to that shiny stretch of glass ahead, with sunlight dancin’ and the bold red-and-blue sign sittin’ proud along the rooftop.
Now, let me set the scene for you. You’re standin’ in front of a grand ol’ building, mighty enough to fill a whole city block and then some-an elegant maze of mirrored windows that spits back Atlanta’s skyline like a tray of polished silver. But this isn’t just any ol’ skyscraper with a Sunday-go-to-meetin’ facade. No, honey, this here is a place where hope and hustle go hand in hand.
Long before it wore the American Cancer Society’s name as a badge of courage, folks around town knew it as the Inforum-dreamed up by Atlanta’s most famous architect, John Portman. If you could’ve seen him back in the day, sketchin’ and schemin’, you’d know the man loved to stir a little magic in his buildings. He built this place big-'bout one-and-a-half million square feet, with office towers reachin’ up like a pitcher plant and even a parking garage hid underground like a secret root cellar.
These days, the American Cancer Society calls it home, workin’ from this very spot to fight the good fight against cancer. But they ain’t alone in there; they’ve got company from all kinds of folks - techy types from Internap, Turner Broadcasting storytellers, even the phone wranglers at AT&T. With two whole bridges connectin’ it to AmericasMart next door, and fiber-optic lines snakin’ through every corner, this building hums with the energy of a city that never likes sittin’ still.
Step inside, and you’d find more than cubicles - there’s a cozy café with the smell of fresh breakfast, wide-open spaces once made for conventions, and a theater just waitin’ for applause. Yet behind all that glass and steel, what really matters here is the relentless, fiery hope that fills these halls. Every day, folks come together under this roof, cookin’ up cures, sharin’ stories, and rallyin’ for a world with less cancer and more birthdays. That’s Atlanta for you - takin’ care of its own, one heart at a time.
