Intown Atlanta Neighborhoods (A-F)
ANSLEY PARK
An affluent residential neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia, located just east of Midtown and west of Piedmont Park. One of the first suburban neighborhoods in the city designed for automobiles, it features wide, winding roads rather than the grid pattern typical of older streetcar suburbs. Streets were planned like parkways with extensive landscaping. The Ansley Park golf course borders the district. The neighborhood was largely completed by 1930 and covers 275 acres. It has been designated a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
ATLANTIC STATION
A large brownfield re-development project at the northwestern edge of Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Master developed by AIG Global Real Estate and local development partner Jacoby Development, Inc. it was first planned in the mid-1990s and officially opened in 2005. It encompasses 138 acres of mixed-use land development is on the former site of the Atlantic Steel Mill, which after years of industrial use and contamination was remediated by its two developers along with AIG Environmental, Inc. At completion, the redevelopment is ultimately projected to include 15,000,000 square feet of retail, office, residential and hotel space as well as 11 acres of public parks.
BUCKHEAD
An uptown district within the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Comprising over 100,000 residents and approximately the northern one-fifth of the city, Buckhead is legally defined as that portion of the city of Atlanta northwest of Interstate 85 and northeast of Interstate 75. It is nicked named "Beverly Hills East" in reference to Beverly Hills, California, an area to which it is often compared.
CABBAGETOWN
Neighborhood in Atlanta located south of Inman Park, east of Oakland Cemetery, north of Grant Park and west of Reynoldstown. It includes Cabbagetown District, a historic district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Cabbagetown is an area of tremendous growth sparked by an influx of artists in the 1980s, including Panorama Ray who operated a photo gallery on the main drag, Carroll Street. Since his death in 1997, Carroll Street has become the home of some nice restaurants and makes a great people-watching spot.
CASTLEBERRY HILL
Located in central Atlanta adjacent to and southwest of the Central Business District. It's a federally recognized historic district since 1985 and became a City of Atlanta Landmark District in 2006, helping to preserve the neighborhood from overzealous developers. Widely known as an Arts District, the area has experienced an influx of residents and new businesses in recent years including a number of small art galleries, restaurants, and loft residences.
DECATUR
An intown suburb of Atlanta. The city has regained economic vigor, partially thanks to several long-term downtown development plans that have come to fruition, making Decatur a trendy small mixed-use district with easy transit to downtown Atlanta. Over the past twenty years, Decatur has gained a local and national reputation as a diverse, progressive city with a high level of citizen involvement that retains a small town feel despite its proximity to Atlanta.
DRUID HILLS
Upper-class neighborhood east of Midtown, Atlanta, in DeKalb County. The planned community was initially conceived by Joel Hurt, and developed with the effort of Atlanta's leading families, including Coca-Cola founder Asa Candler. It contains some of Atlanta's historic mansions from the late 19th and early 20th Century. Druid Hills includes the main campus of Emory University, which relocated to Atlanta in 1914. Ponce de Leon Avenue bi-sects the community.
EAST ATLANTA
Area located east-southeast of downtown Atlanta. It is generally considered to be the roughly 10% of Atlanta's area which was part of the 1909 annexation into a neighboring county, putting it into DeKalb while the remainder is in Fulton. For this reason, it is also sometimes referred to as Atlanta-in-DeKalb, particularly when referring to taxes and government services handled by each county. The urban village of East Atlanta and its surrounding neighborhoods have seen considerable urban renewal efforts since the late 1990s.
EDGEWOOD
Mostly-residential yet diverse neighborhood in Atlanta, located approximately three miles east of downtown Atlanta. Edgewood was originally its own town, prior to the city's 1909 annexation across the county line from Fulton into DeKalb. While the entire Atlanta-in-DeKalb area is sometimes called "east Atlanta," the neighborhood of East Atlanta is to the south-southwest of Edgewood. Kirkwood is immediately to the east of Edgewood, with Reynoldstown just to the west.
Intown Atlanta Neighborhoods (G-Z)
INMAN PARK
Located adjacent to Little Five Points became Atlanta’s first planned community and one of the nation’s first garden suburbs after the Civil War . It was conceived and developed in the 1880s by entrepreneur Joel Hurt, who believed people should live in a countrylike atmosphere convenient to the central business district. To achieve this goal, he insisted on large lots, curving streets and open park areas throughout the neighborhood.
MIDTOWN
The second largest financial district in the city of Atlanta, situated between the commercial and financial district of Downtown to the south and the affluent residential and commercial district of Buckhead to the north. Midtown contains about one-third of the city's high-rises and some of Atlanta's most iconic buildings, such as the Bank of America Plaza, AT&T Midtown Center, Atlantic Center, 1180 Peachtree, and Promenade II. The district is the epicenter of the city's music and artistic scene that includes the Fox Theatre, Woodruff Arts Center, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and the 14th Street Playhouse.
MORNINGSIDE LENOX PARK
Founded in 1931 and is located north of Virginia-Highland, east of Ansley Park and west of Druid Hills. Approximately 3,500 households comprise the neighborhood which includes the areas of University Park, Noble Park, Johnson Estates and Hylan Park.
OLD FOURTH WARD
Historically diverse community located east of downtown Atlanta, west of Poncey-Highland and Inman Park neighborhoods, and south of the Midtown neighborhood. Recently, this neighborhood has seen rampant gentrification, due to its close proximity central Midtown.
PONCEY HIGHLAND
Neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, located south of Virginia-Highland. The Neighborhood was established between 1905 and 1930, and is bordered by Little Five Points to the east, the Old Fourth Ward and Midtown Atlanta to the west, Inman Park to the south, and Virginia-Highland to the north.Poncey-Highland is home of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, established in 1982. Nearby is Manuel's Tavern, a local political hangout. Poncey-Highland has several historic buildings including the Ford Factory (circa 1916) and The Plaza Theater (circa 1930).
VIRGINIA HIGHLAND
Neighborhood of Atlanta founded in the early 20th century as a streetcar community. The locus and origin of the name is the commercial district at the intersection of Virginia and North Highland Avenues. It is bounded on the north by Morningside, east by the Druid Hills neighborhood, on the south by Poncey-Highland and on the west by Piedmont Park and Midtown. Unlike other neighborhoods such as Inman Park or Grant Park, this neighborhood never really faltered during Atlanta's intown downturn in the 1960s. Today, this eclectic neighborhood is prosperous with many restaurants, bars, and shops, even hosting its own major festival, Summerfest, the first weekend of June each year.
WEST END ATLANTA
Can be found southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City. It would be difficult to find a neighborhood more closely linked to the city's, state's, region's, and nation's historical development than the West End district. This is a pioneer neighborhood for the Beltline project in Atlanta. The first model mile was completed in the spring of 2008. The model mile consists of the biking and walking path, improvement of White Gordon Park, and one new park behind Brown Middle School. In addition Trees Atlanta planted 200 trees native to West End which will be part of 22-mile linear arboretum that will follow the Beltline corridor.
