Riverbend Apartments was an infamous 600-unit apartment complex located in suburban

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, off Interstate 285. It has been described as Atlanta's most notorious singles complex.Hoochie Koo!
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''.

History

Located in

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district of Atlanta, Riverbend got its name from the fact that it overlooked a bend in the

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. Developed by Crow, Pope & Land Enterprises in the early 1970s, Riverbend was one of the 1970s Atlanta's most notorious landmarks of sexual hedonism. It was named by ''

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'' as ground zero of the

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, due to its clubhouse

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gers and nude pool parties. By the late 1970s, laws that prohibited "no-children-allowed" apartments were passed, and the singles scene shifted elsewhere as residents married or moved to newer complexes. It has since been redesigned, and is now known as "Walton on the Chattahoochee."

References

External links

Hoochie Koo! Atlanta's Riverbend Apartments
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