Inside Ted Turner’s former CNN Center apartment

Back, if you were watching a little earlier, Atlanta chef Curtis Lamar was on the show talking about his experience on the Holiday Baking Championship on the Food Network. And he made us some dessert, a brown butter peach cobbler parfait. Take a look. Great. So tasty. I already started working on mine, but I was like, let me put that to the side so y'all can see the real final product. Presentation is beautiful. So we just wanted to make sure we showed you guys the final product. And here it is. Again, you guys can watch Chef Curtis on Holiday Baking Championship Monday nights on Food Network. Now, this morning, Good Day's Paul Milliken has shown us how we can eat around the world without ever leaving downtown Atlanta. These segments are making me hungry. Keep these right in front of me, please. Ten unique food concepts are now open for business inside CTR Foodworks, the food hall located inside the reimagined former CNN center. Good Day Atlanta's Paul Milliken is live there this morning with a special treat for us this hour. All right, what do you want to... Something very cool. By the way, Caitlin, I am not hungry because I ate so much food. I had a Chicago beef sandwich. It was amazing this morning. But look, I mean, we were downstairs showing you the food hall, which is amazing, but we wanted to give you something a little special this morning. So I am standing right now in a spot very few people have ever stood. This is Ted Turner's private apartment, which is atop the old CNN center, which is now known as the So it's very cool to be here. I'm here with my pal Robert in front of the fish tank. Wish we had some cool tropical fish back there right now. But this is very neat. We'll talk about this in a minute. First, though, CTR Foodworks, what a great morning we had down there. Such a cool place. And you and I were saying, I mean, there are so many big events going on this time of year. State Farm Arena, all the venues. And you're here for those people, right? Yes, absolutely. State Farm is, I think, the third largest in the country for events. We're nestled in between Mercedes and that. So it's a great place. for people to meet downtown here before they go. And we've got a gate into State Farm. Well, I was going to say, that's the thing. When it's cold outside, come in, get a drink, get a bite to eat, and then you've got the gate right into the venue. Yeah, climate control. I love it. It's a big thing for the summer heat here down south and the winter. How were things, by the way, during the World Cup? You kind of opened your doors during the World Cup, had people from all over in there. Oh, we are. We were battle tested. We opened and we hit the gate running, you know, so we handled thousands of people on a daily basis. It was, but it was great. It was great for Atlanta. It was great for the World Cup to be here. So we rose to the occasion and we're looking forward to some more of that stuff. Yeah. And we always need good places downtown to eat, to play games, to hang out. And that's really what you're creating. Just a community gathering spot here, right? Yeah. Yeah. You can stay here for 15 minutes or for 15 hours. We welcome you to be. Whether you're attending an event, we've got Georgia World Congress behind us that does 2 million visitors a year. We're building 5 million square feet across the street. And we're looking for downtown to become a center for Atlantans to meet. So we want to give them a variety of things to do here. Well, this is a building with so much history here in Atlanta. Again, it's the former CNN Center. And, of course, Ted Turner is synonymous with this building. Amanda is the GM of the new center. It's great to see you. Good to see you. So tell us where we are right now. We are in Ted Turner's apartment on top of the CNN Center. Yeah, so he really did stay here when he was in town doing work, right? Yes, he put this on top of the building during the time he owned it, somewhere between 1988 and 1996. Don't you think, like, it... It feels much more modest than you would imagine Ted Turner's apartment would be, right? We get that a lot, but to me, it makes sense. Well, and you look out and you see the views and it's like, okay, that's why he's up here. The views are spectacular, but it's kind of a studio apartment. So Tim is kind of walking through the bedroom area right now, comes back around the other side of the fireplace. You got the kitchen, the living area, and then amazing views. How excited are you for this next chapter of the center? Because we all knew the CNN center and now it's getting. a whole new life. We're very excited. You know, we have chatted with a lot of people Center Food Works, that's opened up, and next, Master's opened last week. Next summer, we have The Looking Glass, which is really exciting. So that's from the same group as your third spot, which means it's going to be sort of like a hangout, competing, eating kind of place, right? Absolutely, with a little Alice in Wonderland theme. Oh, I love that. I cannot wait. And so, again, this is going to be just a new attraction, a new hangout for people in downtown Atlanta. Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. All day, every day. And there's, remember, again, this was the old CNN building, so there's studio space in here. What might happen with that eventually? Do we know yet? We've talked to users that could use the space. We're also looking for private event space. We get a lot of inquiries for that. I bet you do, because there would be some very cool events happening in the old CNN studio. Yes, absolutely. And especially all of the events around, like Super Bowl, people coming in, want to host their event right next door. That's very cool. Just a suggestion for this old apartment. Maybe it could, like, be mine, and I could use it whenever I need it. Amanda, what do you think? Maybe. Let's talk. We'll negotiate a little bit. All right. I don't think I've got a bank account big enough. But you know what? That's fine. I'm here now. In fact, I want you guys to come out with me if you'll do the honors, my friend. Thank you very much, Robert. I want to bring you out to see the views from up here. This is amazing. And by the way, in case you guys don't know, coming up this weekend, they are doing a big memorial for Ted Turner downstairs in this building. So a lot of his friends and family are going to be in town. So a neat way to honor him and just to be able to see a little bit of the man behind the man, the legend, right, that we talked about on TV. So this is the center, and CTR Foodworks downstairs is open now. Joanne, Caitlin, And Justina, my pitch for this being my apartment, did it sound like that was going to go my way? Did you feel like maybe... I'm going to support you on this because I'm going to say it's not just about your income or your wealth. It's about your swagger. We're talking Paul Millican, Ted Kerr. It's about status, people. It's about status. And guess what? Guess what? This is my city. I am Atlanta. This is my city. I've been inside of a building before. Do you hear me, Atlanta? This is my city. Oh, Lord. And now everything makes sense in the universe. All right, Paul, thank you so much. CTR Foodworks is located at 190 Marietta Street Northwest in downtown Atlanta. His head is going to be huge. Regular hours there are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sundays through Wednesdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, although hours at individual kitchens could vary. Well, sometimes the best action at a sporting event isn't always on the court. 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