Highland Avenue (Atlanta)
streetscape in Inman Park
Streetscape in Inman Park
Druid Hills Baptist Church at the southeast corner of North Highland and Ponce de Leon Avenue
Virginia-Highland welcome sign at the corner of North Highland and Virginia Avenue
Highland Avenue, east of the BeltLine North Highland Avenue, is a major thoroughfare in northeast Atlanta, forming a major business corridor connecting five Intown neighborhoods:
- Highland Avenue begins at Central Park Place NE in the Old Fourth Ward and proceeds eastward past the Atlanta Medical Center and crossing Freedom Parkway a first time.
- It crosses the BeltLine where it becomes North Highland Avenue NE and forms the main retail and entertainment street of Inman Park.
- North Highland Avenue then bends north and crosses Freedom Parkway again, entering the Poncey-Highland neighborhood which takes part of its name from the avenue.
- It then crosses Ponce de Leon Avenue, entering Virginia-Highland, the second neighborhood to take part of its name from the avenue.
- Crossing Amsterdam Ave., North Highland Ave. enters Morningside/Lenox Park, then ends at the intersection with Johnson Road.[1]
Business districts
The North Highland corridor connects multiple small business districts within each neighborhood in Morningside, Virginia-Highland, Poncey Highland, Inman Park and the Old Fourth Ward. Local businesses market the corridor as the "Highland Corridor".[2][3]
Events
The same Highland corridor is the focus of one of the annual Atlanta Streets Alive pedestrian and cycling events.[4]
Traffic
North Highland Avenue is the focus of a traffic and pedestrian study by the City of Atlanta.[5]
External links
- "North Highland Avenue at the BeltLine", photos of transformation
- "Flashback Fotos: Journey Down Highland Avenue", Atlanta Journal-Constitution site - online gallery of historic photos of North Highland Avenue
References
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