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As Gov. Nathan Deal stood before reporters in his Capitol office the morning after winning a second term, workers across the street raced the clock to turn land that once housed a dangerous old parking deck into a park fit for a gubernatorial inaugural.

“We look forward to having the inaugural in the new plaza,” an optimistic governor told reporters that day. “I believe it will be one of those memorable events, and certainly it will be memorable to see the new plaza.”

It will likewise be a memorable day for the Georgia Building Authority, which has been trying for decades to create green space and a safe place to hold events around the Capitol.

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