Hemphill Avenue
1911 map showing the Hemphill Avenue neighborhood
The Hemphill Avenue neighborhood was until the late 1960s a multi-racial working-class neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia roughly bounded by 10th Street, Hemphill Avenue, North Avenue and Marietta Street. It contained homes, churches (including Ponders Street Baptist) and schools including the State Street school.
A 1965 plan to expand Georgia Tech into the neighborhood signaled the beginning of the neighborhood's evacuation over the following years, in most cases by buying the homeowners out. Hemphill itself was a major city thoroughfare connecting Buckhead, the Atlantic Steel Mill, Techwood Homes and Downtown.[1]
References
- ↑ Webb, Chris (2003-03-14). "Hemphill's heyday ended with westward campus growth". The Technique. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
External links
- Gallery of Hemphill Avenue photos, Georgia Tech website
- Gallery of urban renewal photos, Georgia Tech website
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Coordinates: 33°46′41″N 84°24′14″W / 33.778°N 84.404°W
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