Poncey-Highland

Poncey-Highland
Neighborhoods of Atlanta
Corner of North Ave. and Highland Ave.
Poncey-Highland location in central Atlanta
Coordinates: 33°46′20″N 84°21′09″W / 33.77222°N 84.35250°W / 33.77222; -84.35250
Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Fulton County
City	City of Atlanta
NPU	N
Population (2000)^[1]
• Total	8,478
Demographics (2000)^[2]
• White/Other	%
• Black	%
• Asian	%
• Hispanic	%
ZIP Code	30306
Website	Poncey-Highland Neighborhood Association

Poncey-Highland is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, located south of Virginia-Highland. It is so named because it is near the intersection of east/west Ponce de Leon Avenue and north/southwest North Highland Avenue. This Atlanta neighborhood was established between 1905 and 1930, and is bordered by Druid Hills and Candler Park across Moreland Ave. to the east, the Old Fourth Ward across the BeltLine to the west, Inman Park across the eastern branch of Freedom Parkway to the south, and Virginia Highland to the north across Ponce de Leon Avenue.^[3] The Little Five Points area sits on the border of Poncey-Highland, Inman Park, and Candler Park.

Clermont Hotel and Clermont Lounge

Front and side view of the Ford Assembly Plant from Ponce de Leon Avenue

Western Electric Company building at 820 Ralph McGill

Plaza Theatre at Briarcliff Plaza

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, next to the Carter Center

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, and which was razed to build an interchange between eight-lane highways: Interstate 485 (now Stone Mountain Freeway) east and west, and Georgia 400 and Interstate 675 north and south. The development was successfully stopped by the surrounding neighborhoods, leaving Freedom Parkway in the area where GDOT had already demolished over 500 homes.

Poncey-Highland has numerous historic buildings, including:

• Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant (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

• Clermont Hotel, currently empty except for the basement Clermont Lounge, "Atlanta's oldest strip club", according to its website.

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

• Videodrome, an independent DVD and video rental retail

• The Highland Inn, one of Atlanta's only independent hotels

• Highland Ballroom, a bar and event space located in the Highland Inn's basement area.

References

External links

Poncey-Highland travel guide from Wikivoyage
Poncey-Highland Neighborhood Association

Poncey-Highland neighborhood, Atlanta

Briarcliff Plaza The Bridge (sculpture) Carter Center Clermont Lounge Copenhill Druid Hills Baptist Church Ford Assembly Plant Freedom Park Freedom Parkway Freeway revolt (1970's) George Harwell Bond I-485 Moreland Avenue Murder Kroger Nine-Mile Circle Streetcar Line North Highland Avenue Plaza Theatre Ponce de Leon Avenue Telephone Factory Lofts (Western Electric Co. Bldg.)

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Coordinates: 33°46′20″N 84°21′09″W / 33.77222°N 84.35250°W / 33.77222; -84.35250

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