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  2. Cascade Heights - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1960s the area was a predominantly white neighborhood. After an African-American physician (Dr. Clinton E. Warner) bought a home in Peyton Forest, white residents in the area feared that their neighborhood would become a victim of blockbusting, [4] [5] a business practice in which real estate agents would profit from the racial fears of white residents while changing the racial ...

  3. Means Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The area is commonly referenced by rapper Playboi Carti. Contributing properties include: Allied Factory Lofts, 500 Means Street, originally built in the late 19th century by the Standard Oil Company to be used as a barrel making shop. Now lofts. Atlanta Spring Bed Company - Block Candy Company, 512 Means Street. Originally constructed to house ...

  4. History of Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, Atlanta annexed Buckhead as well as vast areas of what are now northwest, southwest, and south Atlanta, adding 82 square miles (210 km 2) and tripling its area. By doing so, 100,000 new affluent white residents were added, preserving white political power, expanding the city's property tax base, and enlarging the traditional white ...

  5. Lakewood Heights, Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    Around 1970 the area began to decline as middle-class families moved away because blue-collar jobs in the neighborhood were slowly disappearing. 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.

  6. List of museums in Atlanta - Wikipedia

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    This list of museums in Atlanta is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing ...

  7. Castleberry Hill - Wikipedia

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    The area in the city limits of Atlanta known today as Castleberry Hill was originally part of the renegade Snake Nation community that functioned during the 1850s. [3] [4] According to an article from Atlanta Magazine, [5] Castleberry Hill was, by the mid-nineteenth century, a red-light district filled with prostitutes, gambling, and cockfighting.

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