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From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
The Atlanta Urban Design Commission was established by city ordinance in 1975. [1] In 1989, the city enacted its current historic preservation ordinance. [1] Since that time, the city has designated more than seventy individual properties and eighteen districts. [1] There are specific criteria for each type of designation. [2]
The city of Atlanta, Georgia is made up of 243 neighborhoods officially defined by the city. [1] These neighborhoods are a mix of traditional neighborhoods, subdivisions, or groups of subdivisions. The neighborhoods are grouped by the city planning department into 25 neighborhood planning units (NPUs).
Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade on Peachtree Street, 2013. Peachtree is also seen in place names: Peachtree Center is a major development of skyscrapers and other high-rises in downtown, with Peachtree Center Avenue running a block east of Peachtree Street. Peachtree City is a planned-suburb golf community located south of the city, in Fayette ...
English Avenue and Vine City (15 P) F. Former neighborhoods of Atlanta (2 C, 10 P) M. ... Technology Square (Atlanta) Tenth Street (Atlanta) Terminus (office complex)
The median value of the more than 17,000 U.S. homes located on a Coolidge street is $176,330, the only presidential street with national median home values higher than the December 2013 national ...
Table of Atlanta neighborhoods with over 500 population ... (City of Atlanta) 1,414: N East Atlanta: 5,033: W ... Marietta Street Artery: 745: E Mays: 790: H ...
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