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History

#9 Former neighborhoods, districts and settlements of Atlanta, Georgia

Slabtown or Slab Town was a red-light district established in Atlanta in the 1840s, and located off Decatur Street (on the present site of Grady Memorial Hospital). Largely built with abandoned concrete plates used in construction, called slabs. This wicked development was of great annoyance to the good citizens of Atlanta, as crimes were often […]

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#8 Former neighborhoods, districts and settlements of Atlanta, Georgia

Tight Squeeze The area around what is now Tenth and Peachtree Streets began as Tight Squeeze, a lawless shantytown during the period following the American Civil War. It consisted of shanties, together with a blacksmith shop and several small wooden stores, beside a 30-foot-deep ravine, still visible to the east of Peachtree north of 10th […]

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What did we do before the Internet?

Being 37, it seems that I have lived my entire life with the Internet.  I can vividly hear the dial up and connection of my modem (eagerly ready to make use of the 25 free Internet hours offered from disk #10 by AOL) – bringing the world into my living room. Foreign Cities and Countries intrigued me.  Italy, India and Spain were my favorite. […]

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{RePost} “the City Too Busy to Hate”

Sometimes remembering hurts but it’s always good to know how far we’ve come. I found the history of Cascade Heights to be bitter-sweet, as what occurred was not very long ago. As per Wikipedia: Cascade Heights is an affluent predominantly African-American neighborhood in southwest Atlanta. Along with Sandtown and other portions of unincorporated South Fulton […]

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“The Bluff”

….We’re not in Kansas anymore…. At least, that’s what you would think after reading Wiki: “The Bluff is a district within the area that is infamous throughout metro Atlanta for the availability of drugs, heroin in particular. The borders of The Bluff are defined differently by different sources. For example the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Creative […]

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Barack Obama Takes Oath of Office

Barack Obama on Tuesday became the 44th president of the United States. Following a swearing-in ceremony witnessed by hundreds of thousands of onlookers in Washington, D.C., and millions more who watched on television, the new president acknowledged there there will be challenges ahead, but that he will seek to confront those issues without partisanship or […]

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Why I serve West End & Westview…

I received this email today: My name is David Hill. My mothers name is Gwenetta Hill. I was raised in the West End at 986 Oglethorpe Ave, We’ve long since moved from that house back in the late 80s.Im bumping 30 now and can remember Andrew Youngcampaigning for mayor right on that very street back […]

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Want to buy a home with history?

Do you like old homes? check out www.oldhouses.com  for listings of old homes by states. Most restored and for sale, but some needing restoration! Great deals across the country.

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Westview Atlanta, Read more about us..

Westview is an intown neighborhood located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. It is named for the Westview Cemetery that borders the neighborhood to the northwest. The neighborhood is made up of a mixture of architectural styles from Victorian, Four-Square, Arts & Crafts and Ranch style houses. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Read more HERE

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West End Atlanta, read more about us…

The West End neighborhood of Atlanta is on the National Register of Historic Places and can be found southwest of Castleberry Hill, east of Westview, west of Adair Park Historic District, and just north of Oakland City. It would be difficult to find a neighborhood more closely linked to the city’s, state’s, region’s, and nation’s […]

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