Pullman Yard facts for kids

The Pratt-Pullman Yard was purchased in 1904 by the Pratt Engineering Company. It is located in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta. The site was placed on the Atlanta Preservation Center's endangered places list in 2001 although it has been contested that they have the authority to do so. It was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the surrounding Kirkwood neighborhood .

History

Before they purchased it the property was used as farmland. The Pratt Engineering Company original use was a sugar and fertilizer processing plant. In 1926, the Pullman company purchased the property to repair their railroad sleeper cars. They spent 1 million dollars US$1,000,000 (equivalent to about $21,344,700 in 2022) on renovations.

WW1

In World War I the land was used for munitions manufacturing.

Landmark Status

In 2017 the Atlanta Urban Design Commission nominated the historic site as a landmark site.

Present Day

In 2017, Atomic Entertainment, a Film Production Company based in Los Angeles made headlines when they were awarded The Pratt Pullman Yard development in Atlanta, Georgia. The 27-acre historic site is a creative “city within a city” with state-of-the-art commercial and residential hotels, offices and apartment properties, expansive food courts, restaurants/bars, entertainment soundstages, and a cultural community with hiking trails and bike paths along the expansive property to showcase the beauty and historical significance of the space. Atomic Entertainment was founded in 2014 by Adam Rosenfelt and Maureen Meulen. The team has produced films with top-tier, A-list talent including Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Keaton and Kevin Costner, that have grossed over $1 billion dollars in worldwide revenue to date.

Films

Pullman Yards has been the filming location of many movies, including The Hunger Games, Baby Driver, The Fast and the Furious, MacGyver, Constantine, Sleepy Hollow, The Originals, Game of Silence and Powers.

List of projects that used the Pratt-Pullman Yard:

• The Hunger Games
• Divergent
• Baby Driver
• The Resident
• The Originals
• Kevin Probably Saves the World
• Valor
• Good Girls
• MacGyver
• Instant Family
• Boss Level
• Brooklyn (HBO)
• American Soul
• Black Lightning
• Step Up (Season 2)
• Amazing Stories
• Bad Boys 3
• Doom Patrol
• Revolution of One
• The Outsider
• Lil Yachty - ESPN Monday Night Football
• Janelle Monae Bustle Event
• Ford (commercial)
• GA Power (commercial)