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Blandtown is a neighborhood of the West Midtown area of Atlanta, Georgia.It is located along either side of Huff Road from Howell Mill Road west to Marietta Blvd. [1] It was one of the first black settlements around Atlanta after the Civil War, named for a Black man who owned property.
The highway originally turned right onto Lawrenceville Highway, joining US 29 and SR 8 for a short distance southward before separating at Hugh Howell Road, a roadway connecting Tucker to Stone Mountain Park, and terminating at Stone Mountain Freeway (US 78/SR 10). However, this segment of SR 236 was removed in 2024.
West Midtown is directly west of Midtown Atlanta, hence that name.The name for the area is a matter of debate. [4] The name "West Midtown" is used by the neighbors' association in Home Park, the largest constituent neighborhood, [5] the West Midtown Business Association, [6] and Westside Provisions, a privately run commercial district. [7]
5 Piedmont Road/Sandy Springs; 6 Clifton Road/Emory; 8 North Druid Hills Rd (Created by 1987) 9 Boulevard / Tilson Road; 12 Howell Mill Rd / Cumberland (was 1H branch of Route 1 until 1999) 14 14th Street / Blandtown (Created on April 13, 2018) 15 Candler Road; 19 Clairmont Road/ Howard Avenue (Created by 1987) 21 Memorial Drive
Howell Interlocking Historic District is the area in West Midtown, Atlanta where four railroad lines converge. [ 2 ] It is adjacent to the Marietta Street Artery neighborhood, an area rich in industrial history, as an original industrial district built along Atlanta's first railway line (1837).
Piedmont Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system in Georgia comprising 25 hospitals, 75 Piedmont Urgent Care centers, 25 QuickCare locations, and 1,875 Piedmont Clinic physician practices. [1] They are the largest health system in the state of Georgia.
Piedmont Avenue was originally called Calhoun Street. As of 1872, Calhoun Street reached north to Seventh Street in today's Midtown.For the 1895 Cotton States Expo, in order to connect downtown to the exposition grounds at Piedmont Park, Plaster's Bridge Road south of 10th street was rerouted to connect to an extension of Calhoun Street, and all of this new through street was renamed Piedmont ...
Midtown's Piedmont Park is a popular venue for cultural festivals in Atlanta. Every spring, when the native dogwoods are in bloom in Piedmont Park, is the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, an arts and crafts fair. Piedmont Park is the finish line of the Peachtree Road Race, held annually on Independence Day. As ground zero for the Atlanta arts ...