Marietta Street Artery

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Coordinates: 33°46′28″N 84°24′22″W / 33.774311°N 84.405998°W / 33.774311; -84.405998
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This article is about the neighborhood within West Midtown, Atlanta. For the street itself, see Marietta Street.

Marietta Street Artery (formerly designated as "Bellwood") is an officially defined

neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia,[1] part of the West Midtown area of Atlanta, also known as the "Westside."[2]

The neighborhood consists of

Home Park on the north, Georgia Tech on the east, downtown Atlanta on the south, and English Avenue on the west.[3]

The neighborhood consists of many former

shops, restaurants, and coffee shops
.

History

The area began as an industrial area along the

electrified in 1894.[4] The area continued as an industrial and warehouse area, though the commercial strip along Marietta Street suffered with suburbanization starting in the 1960s. In the 1990s, several adaptive reuse projects kicked off (Hasting's Seed Company, The Carriage Works, King Plow Arts Center, and the Allied Warehouse #2), signaling the renaissance of the area.[5]

Bellwood was annexed to the city of Atlanta in 1897.[6] In January 1913 the Bellwood Viaduct was opened, allowing car and foot traffic to cross the railroad line parallel to Marietta Street to the west side of the city via Bellwood avenue (now Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy.).[7] The neighborhood of Bellwood was officially renamed Marietta Street Artery in the 2000s.

Historic districts

The Artery area contains or is adjacent to the following NRHP-listed historic districts:

Historic buildings

Besides the historic buildings in the historic districts mentioned, the neighborhood also includes the following NRHP-listed buildings:

References

  1. ^ "Atlanta Neighborhoods by NPU", City of Atlanta Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ http://www.artery.org/midtown[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Neighborhoods and NPU Map: NPU M, City of Atlanta Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Marietta Street Artery Association
  5. ^ "History", Marietta Street Artery Association
  6. ^ John R. hornady, "Atlanta yesterday, today and tomorrow", 1922
  7. ^ "First trip made across viaduct", Atlanta Constitution, January 24, 1913, p,5

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