Great pic Sean
Flew to Atlanta with Delta from the North Terminal in Feb 1996....MD-11 N804DE (DL11)....was rather disappointed it wasn't an L1011.
Was the gate layout as above in 96? Something niggling me that it had changed a bit by then?
It sure is a great pic, and not many around showing views of the North Terminal on completion.
The layout of the North Terminal had extensively changed by 1996 from the attached image.
Pier 4 was built in 1991 with 8 gates and Pier 5 as shown in the image was extended to the left to accommodate further gates.
As originally designed I can remember seeing images of the North Terminal with having gates on all three sides of the terminal. The area to the left of the terminal building was originally to have aircraft stands with two widebody gates on the opposite side to pier 4.
Of course we have to remember that the North Terminal was built on land that had previously been considered for a second runway. If the second runway had been built on that land perhaps we could have seen the North Terminal being built within the area of where the current control tower is situated.