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Grant Park was established in 1883 when Lemuel P. Grant, a successful engineer and businessman, gave the city of Atlanta 100 acres (40 ha) in the newly developed "suburb" where he lived. [2] In 1890, the city acquired another 44 acres (18 ha) for the park and appointed its first park commissioner, Sidney Root .
The neighborhood is named for the Peoples family, who owned land there. The neighborhood developed white, integrated, and black sections. The white sections were mostly on the west of Peoplestown, and the all-black sections mostly on the east side. In addition, many black residents lived in detached units at the back of white lots. [1]
Suburbanization, rising prices, a booming economy, and new migrants decreased the city's black percentage from a high of 67% in 1990 to 54% in 2010. [1] [2] From 2000 to 2010, Atlanta gained 22,763 white residents, 5,142 Asian residents, and 3,095 Hispanic residents, while the city's black population decreased by 31,678.
Summerhill is a neighborhood directly south of Downtown Atlanta between the Atlanta Zoo and Center Parc Stadium. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Grant Park, Mechanicsville, and Peoplestown. Established in 1865, Summerhill is one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods and part of the 26 neighborhoods making up the Atlanta Neighborhood ...
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).
Ten Park Place Building (Thornton Building) 10 Park Pl., NE 1989-10-23 Landmark The Castle: 87 15th St., NW 1989-12-22 Historic The Temple: 1589 Peachtree St., NE 1989-10-23 Landmark [4] Yes [5] Washington, Booker T., High School: 45 Whitehouse Dr., SW 1989-10-14 Landmark Yes Wimbish House (Atlanta Woman's Club) 1150 Peachtree Street, NE 2002 ...
Neighborhood Population (2010) NPU; Adair Park: 1,331: V Adams Park: 1,763: R Adamsville: 2,403: H Almond Park: 1,020: G Ansley Park: 2,277: E Ardmore: 756: E Argonne ...
Atlanta Medical Center Shotgun houses on Auburn Avenue at Boulevard, part of the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site Federal Penitentiary on postcard from 1920 YoBoulevard! banner 2012. Boulevard is a street in and, as a corridor, a subdistrict, of the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.