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Old 03-04-2011, 01:43 PM
 
Location: Midtown Atlanta
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It seems like I read somewhere that the Oak Valley Rd area right across from Lenox in Buckhead used to be a historical black neighborhood. Not sure whether or not this was true. That section has a strange quality to it: lots of parking decks, some apartments, condo towers, townhomes, and then there's these fallow lots and sad looking spots with no sidewalks. Seems like the whole area was bulldozed at one point and it's developing piecemeal; anyone have the inside story?
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Old 03-04-2011, 02:32 PM
 
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There was as an African American settlement there called Johnsontown. MARTA took much of the land, and private owners (mainly the folks who built Lenox) bought the rest.

The land was assembled and a massive condo project was planned there during the mid-2000s by The Related Group. There were going to be 8 or 9 40-story towers. However, the economy killed it. I think most of the vacant land now belongs to Cousins.

CityPlace at Buckhead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Old 03-04-2011, 05:55 PM
 
Location: Midtown Atlanta
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Cool thanks Arjay!
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Old 05-23-2011, 04:21 PM
 
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I had lots of family there. My grandmother spent most of her life there and attended the Zion Hill Baptist church. I spent many summers there as a young girl as well and have vivid memories of walking the gravel road up to Lenox Road to watch the 4th of July fire works. Most of them moved to Bankhead. I found a picture of the apartment she lived in.

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