Brookwood Hills

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Brookwood Hills is a historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta North of Midtown and South of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdette and his son, Arthur. The site of the neighborhood is located where some of the blodiest battles of the civil war took place. It is also the home of one of the most prestigious summer swim teams in Atlanta, the Brookwood Hills Bullfrogs.

BWH's location in Atlanta

1 Location
2 History and Development of Brookwood Hills.
- 2.1 Security
3 Brookwood Hills Community Club
- 3.1 Swim & Dive Team
4 Nearby Schools
- 4.1 Public
- 4.2 Private
5 External links
6 Sources

[edit] Location

Brookwood Hills is located in the heart of Atlanta, only a few miles away from Downtown. It is connected by three entrances to Peachtree St., and has no other outlet. Brookwood Hills is bordered roughly by Peachtree Street on the West, I-85 on the South, the Norfolk train tracks to the North, and Clear Creek to the East. Because of the recent rapid growth of Metro Atlanta, developers have made constant attempts to build whatever they can near, or inside the neighborhood. Examples of these are:

Building a MARTA station inside of the neighborhood. (stopped)
An industrial park on the other side of Clear Creek.
Extending W. Peachtree into and through the neighborhood. (stopped)
Highrise apartments in residents' backyards.(mostly stopped)

Because of these pressures of being a big city community, the Brookwood Hills Community Club (BWHCC) was created. (This is the reason so many of the above projects were halted). The BWHCC also owns the park and pool in the center of Brookwood Hills.

[edit] History and Development of Brookwood Hills.

Brookwood Hills was the creation of the Burdette family. Benjamin first created the neighborhood on the Battlefield of Peachtree Creek owned by himself and local Thomas Collier. The streets were built in accordance to the hilly landscape, instead of grid form, as was popular at the time. Mr. Burdette planted oak saplings during Brookwood Hill's birth, which now stand tall and are the trademark quality of the neighborhood. The area developed by Benjamin and Arthur Burdette is now registered as the "Brookwood Hills Historic district".

[edit] Security

After a wave of burgularies in the 1970s, a man in BWH took action. After he got pulled over by Sgt. Barry Miller, he asked him to patrol the neighborhood for one night to try to catch the infamous robber. Sgt. Miller caught the crook his first day on the job. Sgt. Barry is now as much a part of the neighborhood as anything or anyone else. He is now head of the neighborhood patrol, which now includes four officers who were added because of the increasing crime rate in Atlanta.

[edit] Brookwood Hills Community Club

The hub of the community is the Brookwood Hills Community Club, which includes a park, pool, two pavillions, tennis courts, and basketball goals. Many neighborhood sponsored events like the 4th of July parade and the annual easter egg hunt take place here.

[edit] Swim & Dive Team

The Brookwood Hills Swim Team, the Bullfrogs, were created in th '70s by Alan Joel a resident of the neighborhood and alum of the nearby Westminster Schools. The swim team is currently coached by Galloway School swimming Head Coach, Tim Storsteen, and are members of the North Atlanta Swimming Association.