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Buckhead remained dominated by country estates until after World War I, when many of Atlanta's wealthy began building mansions among the area's rolling hills. [6] Simultaneously, a number of Black enclaves began popping up in Buckhead, following events like the 1906 Atlanta race riot and the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 , which drove black ...
Most notable are Buckhead, Midtown, and Downtown. Other smaller examples exist, such as Little Five Points, which encompasses parts of three neighborhoods. Some of these regions may overlap, such as West Midtown, an area which includes several neighborhoods on the west side of the larger Midtown area. [citation needed]
From its incorporation in 1847, the municipal boundaries of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were extended repeatedly from a small area around its railroad station to today's city covering 131.7 square miles (341 km 2). Prior to 1954, Atlanta was divided into political divisions called wards. The number of wards were increased as the city grew.
North Buckhead is a neighborhood in the Buckhead district, at the northern edge of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, and is one of Atlanta's most affluent neighborhoods. [ 1 ] With a population of 8,270 (2010 census), it is also Atlanta's fourth most populous neighborhood, after Downtown , Midtown , and the Old Fourth Ward .
Peachtree Park is a neighborhood in the Buckhead Community of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bounded by: [2] Peachtree Road and North Buckhead on the northwest; Georgia 400 and Lenox Square and Pine Hills on the east; MARTA north-south rail line and the Miami Circle design district of Lindbergh/Morosgo on the southeast
Buckhead Theatre The Storyteller Descriptive plaque of The Storyteller. Buckhead Village is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, one of 42 neighborhoods in the larger Buckhead district and the community's historic business section. The Village as defined by the city as the area between Piedmont Road, Peachtree Road, and Pharr Road. [1] [2]
Peachtree Street as it travels through Midtown Atlanta streets with some variant of "Peachtree" highlighted. The Peachtree name is common throughout the Atlanta area. In fact, it is often joked by natives that half of the streets in Atlanta are named Peachtree, and the other half have five names to make up for it.
Garden Hills is a neighborhood in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, Georgia between Peachtree and Piedmont Roads, bordered on the north by Pharr Road and on the south by Lindbergh Road. In 1987 the neighborhood was given historic district status by the city of Atlanta.