Poncey–Highland is an

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on the east side of

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, located south of

Virginia–Highland Virginia–Highland (often nicknamed "VaHi") is a Neighborhoods in Atlanta, neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, founded in the early 20th century as a streetcar suburb. It is named after the intersection of Virginia Avenue and Highland Avenue, Atl ...

. It is so named because it is near the intersection of east/west

Ponce de Leon Avenue Ponce de Leon Avenue ( ), often simply called Ponce, provides a link between Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, Decatur, Georgia, Decatur, Clarkston, Georgia, Clarkston, and Stone Mountain, Georgia. It was named for Ponce de Leon Springs (Atlanta), Po ...

and north/southwest North Highland Avenue. This Atlanta neighborhood was established between 1905 and 1930, and is bordered by

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and

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across Moreland Avenue to the east, the

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across the

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to the west,

Inman Park Inman Park is an intown neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, and its first planned suburb. It was named for Samuel M. Inman. History Today's neighborhood of Inman Park includes areas that were originally designated: * Inman Par ...

across the eastern branch of Freedom Parkway to the south, and

Virginia Highland Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populou ...

to the north across

. The

Little Five Points Little Five Points (also L5P, LFP, Little Five, or Lil' Five) is a district on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, east of downtown. It was established in the early 20th century as the commercial district for the adjacent I ...

area sits on the border of Poncey–Highland, Inman Park, and Candler Park. Western Electric Company Building atlanta

Poncey–Highland is home to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, established in 1982. The Carter Center occupies an area of land that was originally the neighborhood of

Copenhill Copenhill, Copenhill Park, or Copen Hill, was a Neighborhoods of Atlanta, neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was located largely where the Carter Center now sits, and now forms part of the Poncey-Highland neighborhood. Hist ...

, and which was razed to build an interchange between eight-lane highways:

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(now

Stone Mountain Freeway Stone Mountain Freeway is a freeway in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It connects Interstate 285 (I-285) east of Atlanta, with the suburbs of Stone Mountain and Snellville before transitioning into an arterial road that c ...

) east and west, and

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and Interstate 675 north and south. The development was successfully stopped by the surrounding neighborhoods, leaving

Freedom Parkway Freedom Park is one of the largest city parks in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The park forms a cross shape with the axes crossing at the Carter Center. The park stretches west-east from Parkway Drive, just west of Boulevard, to the interse ...

in the area where

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had already

demolish Demolition (also known as razing and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apa ...

ed over 500 homes. Poncey–Highland has numerous

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buildings, including: *

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(c. 1916) * Western Electric Company building at 820 Ralph McGill * Briarcliff Plaza, containing the Majestic Diner (c. 1929) and the Plaza Theatre (1939), an art-deco cinema hosting numerous film events and the focal point of independent cinema in Atlanta * Hotel Clermont (c. 1924), and its basement

Clermont Lounge The Clermont Lounge is Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta's first and longest continually operating strip club, opened in 1965, and boasts a completely female ownership. Located in the basement of the Clermont Motor Hotel at 789 Ponce De Leon Avenue, i ...

, a landmark strip club open since 1965. The

, a multi-use corridor of walking and biking paths and eventually a light rail line, built on the old Southern Railway tracks that form the western boundary of Poncey–Highland. The BeltLine

borders Poncey–Highland. Around the intersection of North Avenue and North Highland are: * Manuel's Tavern, a local political hangout and one of Atlanta's oldest taverns * The Highland Inn (1927), one of Atlanta's only independent hotels The so-called

Murder Kroger Murder Kroger is the nickname of a Kroger supermarket in Atlanta which has been the scene of two fatal shootings and the discovery of a corpse. It is located at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue in Poncey–Highland and has been known as "Murder Kroger" for ...

at 725 Ponce de Leon Ave. was razed in 2016 and replaced by

725 Ponce 725 Ponce is a 190-million-dollar mixed-use development under construction at 725 Ponce de Leon Avenue along the Atlanta BeltLine in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. It includes a 360,000-square-foot, 12 story office tower ato ...

, a mixed-use development with a new Kroger store.

References

External links

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Poncey–Highland Neighborhood Association
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