The Eastside Trail is a walking and biking trail stretching northwest to southeast on the Eastside of Atlanta, part of the Beltline ring of trails and parks. [1] It is lined with numerous notable industrial buildings adapted into restaurants, shops, apartments, condos, and two major food halls and mixed-use developments.
The first two-mile (3.2 km) stretch opened in October 2012, from Piedmont Park to the Krog Street Tunnel. It was extended from Krog Street to Kirkwood Avenue in November 2017. [2] A second extension brought it to Memorial Drive in July 2019. [3]
| Throroughfares crossed | Points of interest [4] (west side of trail, south of thoroughfare) | Points of interest [4] (east side of trail, south of thoroughfare) | Neighborhood bordered (west of trail, south of thoroughfare) | Neighborhood bordered (east of trail, south of thoroughfare) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-85 | North end of interim trail, Ansley Golf Club | Ansley Mall | Ansley Park | Morningside/Lenox Park |
| Piedmont Avenue | Piedmont Park | Amsterdam Walk | Piedmont Park | Morningside/Lenox Park |
| Amsterdam Avenue | Virginia-Highland | Virginia-Highland | ||
| 10th Street/ Virginia Avenue | Midtown Promenade, Midtown Place | Midtown Atlanta Historic District | Virginia-Highland | |
| Ponce de Leon Avenue | Ponce City Market | Ford Factory Lofts, Murder Kroger | Old Fourth Ward | Poncey-Highland |
| North Avenue | DuPre Excelsior Mill (former Masquerade), Gateway Trail to Historic Fourth Ward Park | Telephone Factory Lofts | Old Fourth Ward | Poncey-Highland |
| Ralph McGill Boulevard | Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark | Carter Center | Old Fourth Ward | Poncey-Highland |
| Freedom Parkway, Freedom Park Trail | N. Highland Steel and other Inman Park Village adapted industrial buildings | Old Fourth Ward | Inman Park | |
| Irwin St./ Lake Ave. | Krog Street Market | Old Fourth Ward | Inman Park | |
| Edgewood Avenue | Old Fourth Ward | Inman Park | ||
| DeKalb Avenue/ Decatur Street | Krog Street Tunnel, Hulsey Yard, MARTA line | Cabbagetown | Cabbagetown | |
| Kirkwood Avenue | (terminus of phases to be complete in 2017) |
Midtown Atlanta, or Midtown for short, is a high-density commercial and residential neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. The exact geographical extent of the area is ill-defined due to differing definitions used by the city, residents, and local business groups. However, the commercial core of the area is anchored by a series of high-rise office buildings, condominiums, hotels, and high-end retail along Peachtree Street between North Avenue and 17th Street. Midtown, situated between Downtown to the south and Buckhead to the north, is the second-largest business district in Metro Atlanta. In 2011, Midtown had a resident population of 41,681 and a business population of 81,418.
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.
The Atlanta Beltline is 22-mile long multi-use corridor on a former railway corridor which encircles the core of Atlanta, Georgia. The Atlanta Beltline is designed to reconnect neighborhoods and communities historically divided and marginalized by infrastructure, improve transportation, add green space, promote redevelopment, create and preserve affordable housing, and showcase arts and culture. The project is in varying stages of development, with several mainline and spur trails complete. Since the passage of the More MARTA sales tax in 2016, construction of the light rail streetcar system is overseen by MARTA in close partnership with Atlanta Beltline, Inc.
Poncey–Highland is an intown 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 Avenue to the east, the Old Fourth Ward across the BeltLine Eastside Trail 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. The Little Five Points area sits on the border of Poncey–Highland, Inman Park, and Candler Park.
Virginia–Highland is a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, founded in the early 20th century as a streetcar suburb. It is named after the intersection of Virginia Avenue and North Highland Avenue, the heart of its trendy retail district at the center of the neighborhood. The neighborhood is famous for its bungalows and other historic houses from the 1910s to the 1930s. It has become a destination for people across Atlanta with its eclectic mix of restaurants, bars, and shops as well as for the Summerfest festival, annual Tour of Homes and other events.
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Capitol View is a historic intown southwest Atlanta, Georgia neighborhood. The neighborhood is 2.5 miles from downtown and was named for its views of the Georgia State Capitol building. Its boundaries include Metropolitan Parkway to the east, Lee Street to the west, and the Beltline to the north. On the south, the border follows Arden Street, Deckner Avenue, and Perkerson Park.
The Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant at 699 Ponce de Leon Avenue in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia was the headquarters of the Ford Motor Company's southeastern US operations from 1915 to 1942. As a result of good sales in Atlanta, and a desire to decentralize production, Ford established a combined assembly, sales, service and administration facility on Ponce de Leon Avenue, selling a peak of 22,000 vehicles per year. The assembly plant produced Model Ts, Model As and V-8s until 1942, when the plant was sold to the War Department and a new plant was opened in the Atlanta suburb of Hapeville.
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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 decades. In 1991, a 25-year-old woman named Cynthia Prioleau was shot and killed. In 2002, the malodorous corpse of a man was found inside a car. In 2015, an Alabama man, Joshua R. Richey, was shot and killed. The 2015 murder occurred after the store had been renovated and promoted by the company as "Beltline Kroger".
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