Atlanta Magazine
60 years of covering Atlanta: The 1980s
November 1980: This decade didn’t produce our best covers.
For our January 2021 issue, in honor of our 60th anniversary year, we dug through our archives to present a snapshot of the magazine during each of our six decades. We discovered groundbreaking work, inspiring stories, and, yes, some errors in judgement. Here’s what we found:
The ’80s in 5 Quotes
The decade of big hair and big schemes
“The Reel South”
May 1987
“The state government plays a crucial role in how Georgia will succeed as a film center. I think the state really has to sell what it has. Let the production industry they want to attract know that there is a welcome mat out, that there’s governmental structure supporting their needs, and that it is friendly to them.”