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The Carver Community housing project (aka "Carver Homes") in southeast Atlanta was finished on February 17, 1953, [2] costing $8.6 million and consisting of 990 units for African-Americans. [4] Named for George Washington Carver, the project was located near Joyland, an amusement park for black Atlantans.
The assembly plant finally closed in 1990. [8] The area is now an important center of the growing Atlanta-area film and television production industry. The EUE/Screen Gems Atlanta soundstages were established there in mid-2010 and by Autumn 2011 were already expanding. [9]
In 2005, the city banned new adult businesses on Cheshire Bridge, but existing ones were allowed to stay. [4] [5]In 2013, councilman Alex Wan introduced legislation, supported by neighborhood associations and NPU F, [8] to remove existing adult businesses from Cheshire Bridge by 2018, but this was not passed, opposed by a mix of gays, strippers and Atlanta's real estate interests – including ...
Mechanicsville is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It sits just south of downtown Atlanta. The neighborhood is bounded by: I-20 on the north, across which is Castleberry Hill and Downtown Atlanta; the I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector on the east, across which are Summerhill and Peoplestown; the Southern Railway lines on the southwest, across ...
Georgia State Route 400 (SR 400; commonly known as Georgia 400) is a freeway and state highway in the U.S. state of Georgia serving parts of Metro Atlanta.It is concurrent with U.S. Route 19 (US 19) from exit 4 (Interstate 285) until its northern terminus south-southeast of Dahlonega, linking the city of Atlanta to its north-central suburbs and exurbs.
Thomasville Heights was a 350-unit public housing project in Atlanta, Georgia, built in 1967, demolished in 2010, and the remainder of the Thomasville community which is section-8 housing Forest Cove Apartments (also known as Villa Monte or 4 Season) is also scheduled to be demolished. Forest Cove (formerly Villa Monte) was constructed in 1971 ...
A closure is coming to Deer Park Drive SE in southeast Salem. For questions, comments and news tips, email reporter Whitney Woodworth at wmwoodworth@statesmanjournal.com call 503-910-6616 or ...
Five Points is a subway station that serves as a transfer point for all rail lines, and serves as the main transportation hub for MARTA.It provides access to the Five Points Business District, Georgia State University, Underground Atlanta, City Hall, the Richard B. Russell Federal Building, CobbLinc (Formerly known as Cobb Community Transit), Ride Gwinnett (Formerly known as Gwinnett County ...