Lindbergh, Atlanta
Lindbergh, officially Lindbergh/Morosgo, is a neighborhood in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the neighborhood consists of multi-use development combining retail, office and residential space.
The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by a freight railroad line, across which are Peachtree Park, Garden Hills, and Peachtree Hills. The eastern border is Georgia 400 tollway and Pine Hills. The Armour industrial area is to the southwest, and to the southeast is I-85 and Lindridge/Martin Manor.[1]
History
A lake was originally located in the area on the east side of Piedmont Road, Mooney's Lake. Deuward S. Mooney developed it into a recreation center in 1920. It had two spring water pools, a lake for swimming and canoeing, horseback riding, miniature golf, and a railroad. Food was sold at the pavilion, and there was dancing to jukebox music. The pavilion burned in the 1950s and went out of business.[2]
Mooney's Lake was drained and the developers Jordan, Davis and Carter[3] built the Broadview Shopping Center (later "Lindbergh Plaza Mall") in 1958.[4][5]
The center housed about 30 retail stores (as of 1963)[6] including a two-level K-mart as well as the Great Southeast Music Hall, where in the 1970s prominent artists played such as Billy Joel, Barry Manilow and BB King. During this time, the Georgia Department of Transportation was acquiring land for what is now Georgia Route 400 freeway, and so the surrounding land had a network of dirt roads, one of which was located where Sidney Marcus Boulevard is today and which connected Buford Highway to Lindbergh Drive.[7]
In the late 1990s planning began between MARTA, the City, developers and BellSouth to build the Lindbergh City Center around the MARTA station and renovation of Lindbergh Plaza Mall as part of an effort to bring residents and employment back to the City of Atlanta in transit-friendly developments.[8][9] Lindbergh City Center opened in phases starting in 2003[10] while Lindbergh Plaza's renovation won the Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2006 "mixed-use deal of the year" award.
Government
The Lindbergh/Morosgo neighborhood is part of NPU B.
Development
The multi-use development on the west side of Piedmont Road is anchored by the twin towers of AT&T and the Lindbergh Center MARTA station, and includes a police station and other retail, restaurant and office space. At the southern end is the Passion City Church which moved into a repurposed golf superstore in 2011.
On the east side of Piedmont Road:
- South of Morosgo Dr. are older apartments which are to be razed to make way for a mixed-use commercial development, with a camouflaged parking deck at the interior, as well as greenspace park strips.[11] This project did not earn the required 8 votes to change zoning from the Atlanta City Council and is currently shelved.[12] Currently (2011) this is a major spot to hire day laborers.
- Between Sidney Marcus Blvd. and Morosgo Dr. is the Lindbergh Shopping Center, opened in 1958 and renovated 2004–2006. Home Depot, Target, Best Buy anchor the complex which also contains apartments. Furniture superstore The Dump occupies the former Home Depot on the east side of the complex.
- North of Sidney Marcus Blvd. is Buckhead Crossing, a large strip center including a Marshall's store.
- Farthest north is Miami Circle, one of Atlanta's most important retail districts for home furnishings.
Transportation
The Lindbergh MARTA station is at the heart of the new development on Morosgo Drive just west of Piedmont Road. The station is a hub for MARTA buses, and is also a terminus of the Georgia Bus Company "jitneys" (minibuses) that ply Buford Highway.
Lindbergh Center's function as a transit hub may strengthen as it has been identified as a northern terminus of BeltLine corridor light rail routes, as well as a possible northern terminus for a rail line to Emory University along the Clifton Corridor.
The Georgia 400 tollway is adjacent to the neighborhood. A southbound offramp and northbound onramp are at Sidney Marcus Blvd. However it is not possible to exit at Lindbergh when going northbound. There is a northbound onramp and southbound offramp for I-85 at Lindbergh Dr., both only for carpools.
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References
- ↑ City of Atlanta, NPU Maps
- ↑ Buckhead, Susan Kessler Barnard, p.71
- ↑ Directory of Shopping Centers in the United States and Canada, Volume 2, National Research Bureau, Incorporated, 1958, p.362
- ↑ "Lindbergh Plaza Mall, built in 1958 and located across the street from Lindbergh Center" in The New Transit Town: Best Practices In Transit-Oriented Development, Hank Dittmar, Gloria Ohland (eds.)
- ↑ "Broadview Shopping Center", Atlanta History Center
- ↑ 1963 census of business, Part 1, United States Bureau of the Census
- ↑ "Great Southeast Music Hall, Broadview Plaza and then Lindbergh Plaza above the bowling alley, Atlanta, GA", Jerry's Brokendown Palaces (blog)
- ↑ The New Transit Town: Best Practices In Transit-Oriented Development, Hank Dittmar, Gloria Ohland (eds.)
- ↑ "MARTA's Lindbergh City Center project is good for metro Atlanta", Atlanta Business Chronicle, Paul Vespermann, January 29, 2001
- ↑ "The : Q&A", Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Janueary 6, 2003
- ↑ "Major grocery store in the future for Lindbergh area", Buckhead View (blog), August 3, 2011
- ↑ "Atlanta City Council votes down Buckhead Super Walmart at Lindbergh"