Buckhead to undergo redevelopment (Atlanta, Tucker: condos, hotels, houses)

[SEAandATL]

I read that this is the last weekend to party in Buckhead, as Bulldozers are tearing down Buckhead Village to make way for new condos, hotels, and a Rodeo Drive type setting with expensive shops. What will this mean for the nightlife in Atlanta? Will the party scene move to Midtown and Downtown?

[GF72]

Yeah this was a long time coming...

I doubt the party scene will move to downtown (lol) but midtown, sure.

[JPD]

My prediction:

The existing centers for nightlife like East Atlanta, Little Five Points and Virginia-Highland will get more crowded. There will probaly be very few new bars/clubs opening, and if they do, they'll mostly be outside of the Atlanta city limits (like Jermaine Dupree's new club in Tucker, Studio 72). Underground Atlanta will not benefit from this at all.

[bbuch]

Originally Posted by JPD

My prediction:

The existing centers for nightlife like East Atlanta, Little Five Points and Virginia-Highland will get more crowded. There will probaly be very few new bars/clubs opening, and if they do, they'll mostly be outside of the Atlanta city limits (like Jermaine Dupree's new club in Tucker, Studio 72). Underground Atlanta will not benefit from this at all.

Why don't you think Underground will benefit from this? Didn't the city pass legislation to extend bar hours to 6am for that area alone? I think that should attract a lot of new clubs.

[JPD]

Originally Posted by bbuch

Why don't you think Underground will benefit from this? Didn't the city pass legislation to extend bar hours to 6am for that area alone? I think that should attract a lot of new clubs.

The extended hours did attract new clubs, and what happened? It's still a ghost town. Most of the clubs have closed. Nobody wants to go to underground. I think that's been proven time and time again.

[bbuch]

thats too bad. I thought it was a good idea. Oh well.

[tsdon]

Originally Posted by SEAandATL

I read that this is the last weekend to party in Buckhead, as Bulldozers are tearing down Buckhead Village to make way for new condos, hotels, and a Rodeo Drive type setting with expensive shops. What will this mean for the nightlife in Atlanta? Will the party scene move to Midtown and Downtown?

Basically no change because since blacks came into Buckhead and whites left, no one has been going to BH in years now

[rpmgatech]

What is happening to Atlanta's night life is actually good in terms of safety. The nightlife is going to be more scattered, which is a good thing. There will be less large groups which means less potential for crime. The areas that will have more than average night life will be your VA-Highlands area. Supposedly Vinings is trying to become a more nightlife friendly area, so we will see what happens with that.

[GF72]

Originally Posted by tsdon

Basically no change because since blacks came into Buckhead and whites left, no one has been going to BH in years now

Yeah wow uh... completely wrong.

My friends and I go to Buckhead all the time and from constant experience I can tell you it's certainly not deserted and the whites have certainly not left, whether you are talking about people to go to chill in Buckhead or people who actually live there (as far as people who actually own houses in Buckhead, your nuts if you think the whites have left).

[Merin]

I think the problem was the violence that was associated with all the bars and night clubs. I believe they made it so you could not have a liquor license unless you served food. This extended all the way down Peachtree which is why Club 112 closed also.