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Streetscape Palimpsest: A History of Georgia Avenue

Digital project that investigates the history of Georgia Avenue, which once served as an important commercial thoroughfare in the neighborhoods south of downtown Atlanta, and is now the southern edge of GSU’s campus. This interactive historical narrative rediscovers a neighborhood that was entirely replaced by urban renewal projects, and explains why Summerhill, and other “stadium neighborhoods” in Atlanta, were so thoroughly transformed over the course of the twentieth century.

Visit Resource: Streetscape Palimpsest: A History of Georgia Avenue
Creator: Marni Davis, Ph.D., History Department, Georgia State University
Format: ArcGIS StoryMap
Tag: Georgia State University,
Neighborhoods
Category: Arts & Culture
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