One of Atlanta's cosmopolitan neighborhoods...
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Today, Midtown is a robust blend of businesses and residences, hotels, restaurants, cultural and retail destinations, greenspaces, pedestrian-friendly sidewalks and safe streets. But it wasn't always so. Indeed, what lends Midtown much of its character is its riches-to-rags-to-riches history.
In the late 1800s, the area was one of Atlanta's finest neighborhoods with graceful mansions lining Peachtree Street. The post-World War II era, however, led to a downturn as people left the city for Atlanta's growing suburbs. By the tumultuous 1960s, Midtown was best known for unsavory streets and blocks of underutilized land. |
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Beginning in the 1970s, urban visionaries reclaimed the neighborhood and began its renaissance. Since 1978, Midtown Alliance has facilitated Midtown's progress, transforming this part of Atlanta into a true mixed-use, new urbanist, live-learn-work-play community. Providing the framework and impetus for this phenomenal transformation has been Blueprint Midtown, the Alliance's visionary, community-derived development plan.
Midtown Atlanta was one of five neighborhoods in the US to be recognized by the American Planning Association on their 2016 list of "Great Places in America," acknowledging the mixed-use character and vibrancy of the community.
Learn more about this designation and how it's a shared win for all the businesses, residents and partners that power our district.
Learn more about this designation and how it's a shared win for all the businesses, residents and partners that power our district.
EcoDistrictThe Midtown EcoDistrict was created on the heels of a major sustainability planning initiative, Greenprint Midtown, as a platform for this community to collaborate on initiatives that result in improved environmental and economic performance. This initiative aims to position Midtown as one of the most livable, vibrant and sustainable districts in the U.S. Midtown is uniquely positioned to take the lead. It has all the physical building blocks in place - a pedestrian-friendly street grid, a dense and diverse mix of land uses, robust transit options, and significant green space.
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