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Neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Edgewood
is a
neighborhood
located on the
east side
of
Atlanta
,
Georgia
, United States, located approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) east of
downtown Atlanta
.
History
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Edgewood was originally its own
town
, prior to the
city
's 1909
annexation
across the
county
line from
Fulton
into
DeKalb
. Edgewood was developed during Atlanta’s
Reconstruction-era
economic boom that lasted from 1870 to 1910. With the extraordinary growth of Atlanta’s population during this time, and the development of an extensive core downtown business district, many forward-looking business and municipal leaders began to see the need for separate areas of recreation and residential development for the ever increasing numbers of those who worked downtown. Unlike other east side neighborhoods, Edgewood was geared primarily towards blue collar workers. As such, the
Victorian architecture
common in
Kirkwood
and
Candler Park
is noticeably absent in Edgewood, the neighborhood's housing stock being composed primarily of
craftsman bungalows
.
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Geography
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While the entire Atlanta-in-DeKalb area is sometimes called "east Atlanta," the neighborhood of
East Atlanta
is to the south-southeast of Edgewood.
Kirkwood
is immediately to the east of Edgewood, with
Reynoldstown
just to the west, and
Candler Park
to the north.
While
Edgewood Avenue
was named for Edgewood and stretches from
downtown Atlanta
in the direction of Edgewood, the avenue does not quite reach the neighborhood.
Commercial district
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The Edgewood Retail District is a 44 acre (17.6-hectare) mixed-use village located off Moreland Avenue, on the fringe of
Little Five Points
. Built by
Sembler
on land formerly owned by
Atlanta Gas Light
in northwest Edgewood, it is made up of 531,287 square feet (49,358.2 m
2
) of
retail
,
[2]
including the first intown
Lowe's
home improvement
store
.
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See also
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References
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External links
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