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The area has been noted as important in the LGBT history of Georgia. [3] Since the 2000s, urban redevelopment projects and gentrification have challenged the legacy of the area. [4] [5] In 2005, the Atlanta City Council banned new adult businesses from opening on Cheshire Bridge Road but existing ones were allowed to stay. [6]
A section of the area, "The Bluff," is infamous throughout Metro Atlanta as a high crime area, but in late 2011, English Avenue and Vine City were the focus of multiple improvement plans, including a network of parks and trails, [2] [7] increased police presence, and "rebranding" for a more positive image.
Atlantic Station is located on the site of the Atlantic Steel mill, which opened in 1901. [1] The steel mill was nearly closed in the mid-1970s, but it remained nominally operational primarily to avoid the huge costs it would have required to remediate the soil contamination present after years of operation.
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is the regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency for the metro Atlanta, Georgia, USA region, defined as the 10-county area of Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry and Rockdale counties. The city of Atlanta is contained within this region.
The City of Warner Robins is making progress toward developing a long-awaited city center. The city council voted to execute a purchase and sale agreement for a six-acre property on Aug. 1.
Chattahoochee River in Norcross, Georgia, downstream from Lake Lanier and Buford Dam. The tri-state water dispute is a 21st-century water-use conflict among the U.S. states of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida over flows in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin and the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin.
The Gulch is an area of Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, which is unbuilt but envisioned as the site of major development. The Gulch area is at ground level, while the streets that surround it are elevated — they were originally elevated in the early 20th century so that traffic could more easily flow above the railroad lines passing through ...
Midtown Atlanta is a commercial district in its own right, containing 22 million square feet (2,000,000 m 2) of office space, [4] with 8.2 million square feet (760,000 m 2) of office space added to the area since 1997, with up to 3.8 million square feet (350,000 m 2) more planned. [28]