Poncey-Highland

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Corner of North Ave. and Highland Ave.

Poncey-Highland is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, located south of Virginia-Highland. It so named because it is near the intersection of Ponce de Leon and North Highland avenues. Poncey-Highland is the home of Manuel's Tavern, which is a local political hangout.

It is bordered by Little Five Points to the east, the Old Fourth Ward and Midtown Atlanta to the west, Inman Park to the south, and Virginia-Highland to the north.

Also located in Poncey-Highland is another Atlanta landmark, the Clermont Lounge, "Atlanta's oldest strip club," according to the Clermont Lounge web site.

The corner of Ponce de Leon and Moreland Avenue is also well-known in Atlanta by the frequent sight of Willy Terry, a local street personality. He usually wears bicycle shorts and uses a cane and is notable for his large "presence" in this area.

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Poncey-Highland Neighborhood Association

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Poncey-Highland is also to home of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library established in 1982 in the heart of land that was planned to be an 8-lane highway, but was successfully stopped by the surrounding impacted neighborhoods. The Poncey-Highland neighborhood was established between 1905 and 1930 and has several historic buildings including the Ford Factory circa 1916 and The Plaza Theater circa 1930.