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Neighborhoods on Atlanta’s EASTSIDE are connected by the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, a multi-use trail and greenspace that runs 2.25 miles from Piedmont Park to Irwin Street. Tattooed locals, creative street art and historic homes come together on this side of town. Locals stop for a pastry at Alon’s in VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND, which was one of the city’s original streetcar suburbs. The Plaza Theatre is Atlanta’s oldest operating cinema and has been named one of the world’s
best movie theaters.
INMAN PARK combines small urban green spaces with winding boulevards lined with colorful Queen Anne and Victorian homes in the city’s first planned suburb. The classic architecture and landscape designs juxtapose a skyscraper backdrop. The scene edges into Bohemian-style LITTLE FIVE POINTS, where vintage dress complements the creativity of tattoos. While spots such as Junkman’s Daughter are de rigueur for the young, others can’t resist the kitschy places such as Star Community Bar and Vinyl Lounge, complete with a shrine to Elvis.
What’s old is new again in OLD FOURTH WARD, where the neighborhood continues to redefine itself as home to Ponce
City Market. This towering brick building was built in 1926 as a Sears, Roebuck & Co. store and warehouse on the site of a former amusement park. It’s filled with food stalls and shops from locals. GRANT PARK is a historic district surrounding the city’s fourth-largest park and is home to historic Oakland Cemetery.
This neighborhood mixes old with new, gracefully speckled with Victorian homes, local shops and restaurants.
Once an epicenter of African-American commerce,
SWEET AUBURN HISTORIC DISTRICT continues to flourish on the city’s southeast side. Auburn Avenue, known in the 1950s
as the nation’s most affluent African-American street, houses a curb market, bakeries and clubs near the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Atlanta sits at the intersection of Southern charm, creativity and sophistication. Take time during your visit to explore and discover what’s both old and new.
Images: Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau
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For more information, visit AmericasMart.com/Travel to see the Atlanta City Guide and learn more about things to do while in town for Market.