Loring Heights is a neighborhood of just over 300 homes, several townhome communities, as well as a few apartment complexes in the

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district of

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, nestled between

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on the east, Northside Drive on the west, and Atlantic Station to the south. Prior to the 2020 census, the neighborhood was located within Atlanta City Council District 8. However, following redistricting based on the 2020 United States Census, the area is now part of District 9. The neighborhood provides relatively easy access to I-75/85,

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, and I-285. The neighborhood is part of NPU E, which includes: *

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* Ardmore * Atlantic Station * Brookwood *

Brookwood Hills Brookwood Hills is a historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta, Georgia, United States, north of Midtown and south-southwest of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his s ...

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Home Park Home Park is a football stadium in the area of Milehouse, Plymouth, Devon, England. With a capacity of 17,900, the ground has been the home of Plymouth Argyle Football Club since 1903, and was also used between 1900 and 1903 by Argyle Athlet ...

* Loring Heights *

Marietta Street Artery Marietta Street Artery (formerly designated as "Bellwood") is an officially defined neighborhoods of Atlanta, neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, part of the West Midtown area of Atlanta, also known as the "Westsi ...

* Midtown *

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The neighborhood is composed of bungalows from the 1940s and new construction infills. Loring Heights was originally a neighborhood for

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mill workers. In earlier decades, Loring Heights was more often linked administratively and politically with areas that many would consider part of Buckhead. For example, older city council district maps sometimes placed it in districts associated with Buckhead, even though the community itself developed as a distinct mill-worker neighborhood. So while modern designations now embrace West Midtown, historically Loring Heights was more commonly grouped with Buckhead or considered part of Atlanta’s Northside areas rather than being labeled as West Midtown. Loring Heights is part of

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. The neighborhood schools are E. Rivers Elementary, Sutton Middle, and North Atlanta High Schools. The Loring Heights subdivision was developed by Edgar H. Sims, Sr., an Atlanta builder and developer, who also developed Collier Hills and a number of other subdivisions in the Atlanta area during the 1930s and 1940s. The homes were marketed by Sharp Boylston Company.

References

External links

Loring Heights Homeowners Association
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