Georgia may get old World of Coke land, but unclear if museum a fit

Nine years after buying the old World of Coke building in downtown Atlanta, the state is finally hoping to get the land it sits on.

But state officials who once planned to turn it into a state history museum say they still don’t know what will become of the building.

And it will likely cost the state millions of dollars to either rehab it after nine years sitting idle or raze it.

Former state Sen. George Hooks, a lobbyist for historic preservation groups, and Rep. Joe Wilkinson, R-Sandy Springs, said it’s been several years since the push to turn the facility into a history museum had any steam.

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