1 - Ivan Allen, Jr. Digital Collection - Georgia Institute of Technology

Gutluunu Urges Thurmond Street lor World Congress Centerrr."';nl.ree v' ~.~~~OA'~ ".ItlUorss,!;! ~~'Ot ,- ~,h, ... ~lf,)!a '-"e,,~ .I· E~capees''\edTIfF, An~",.\ r.O'STIn.TlO~·. WM., S~pl. 4, J974 7.1\**City Cuts Streets, Opens Way for WCCANOTHER HURDLE CLEAREDBy Jll\f MERRINERThe Atlanta City CouncilTuesday cleared a hurdlefrom the path of the proposedWorld Congress Center(WCC), despite complaintsfrom black councilmen thatthe state has kept blacks offth e wee Authority and is~ on its prunises.The council agreed to abandonparts of Thurmond, Hulse Y. Fuller and FoundryStreets for the proposed $35million trade and convention