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through the neighborhood. By the late '60s, the state had bought property and demolished several homes for road right-of-way. The MLPA banded together with other east
Atlanta neighborhoods to block the highway. Thanks to their pressure, the state dropped its plans for I-485 in 1973. The following
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Cheshire Bridge by 2018, but this was not passed, opposed by a mix of gays, strippers and Atlanta's real estate interests – including Scott Selig. Some in the gay community wondered if Cheshire Bridge were "sanitized", "where would
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and undesirable locale in the collective Atlanta psyche due, in part, to the proliferation of adult businesses and the unkempt nature of the corridor." In 2005 the city banned new adult businesses on Cheshire Bridge, but existing ones were allowed to stay. In 2013, councilman
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people go for sexual expression"? Matthew Cardinale, the editor and publisher of Atlanta Progressive News, and resident of the Road, decried "the ongoing project of gentrification, homogenization, sterilization and capitalization of a historic neighborhood," Atlanta's "
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on University Drive the same year. The University Park subdivision was developed around the university in 1921, and University Drive is also a reminder of that time. But financial problems plagued the school; in 1921 the property was sold to the
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363:"Cheshire Bridge Road Study", 1999, City of Atlanta Department of Planning, Development and Neighborhood Conservation, Bureau of Planning In conjunction with the Cheshire Bridge Road Task Force
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398:"Clean up Cheshire Bridge?", Creative Loafing, May 8, 2013
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470:"Morningside Elementary School"
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301:Morningside Elementary School
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309:Henry W. Grady High School
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563:Centennial Park District
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451:. morningsideschool.org
449:"morningsideschool.org"
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890:Lindridge/Martin Manor
802:Marietta Street Artery
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1225:Table by population
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812:Westside Provisions
719:Historic Brookhaven
305:Inman Middle School
272:red-light district
1051:Capitol View Manor
895:Little Five Points
368:2014-08-19 at the
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217:Downtown Connector
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734:Margaret Mitchell
656:Technology Square
506:Morningside Parks
328:Intown Montessori
205:Washington-Rawson
181:Kimballville Farm
157:Lanier University
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1116:Oakland City
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1046:Capitol View
963:Benteen Park
940:Sweet Auburn
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1061:Center Hill
993:Peoplestown
885:Lake Claire
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835:Cabbagetown
830:Atkins Park
764:Tuxedo Park
621:Ansley Park
583:Five Points
119:Ansley Park
112:Ansley Mall
89:Ansley Mall
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1260:84°21′30″W
1257:33°47′51″N
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1184:Carey Park
1131:Pittsburgh
1086:Greenbriar
1026:Adamsville
1021:Adair Park
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978:High Point
875:Inman Park
865:Grant Park
759:Pine Hills
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350:References
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209:Summerhill
63:Lenox Park
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1146:Vine City
1121:Perkerson
955:Southeast
855:East Lake
792:Home Park
787:Blandtown
724:Lindbergh
684:Brookwood
646:Home Park
278:Education
129:in 1917.
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1156:West End
1041:Ben Hill
1036:Bankhead
1013:Westside
880:Kirkwood
860:Edgewood
822:Eastside
666:Buckhead
550:Downtown
366:Archived
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