Edgewood, Atlanta

Edgewood is a neighborhood located on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, located approximately three miles (five kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.

History

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.^[1]

Geography

While the entire Atlanta-in-DeKalb area is sometimes called "east Atlanta," the neighborhood of East Atlanta is to the south-southwest 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

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 m²) of retail,^[2] including the first intown Lowe's home improvement store. Other tenants include Target, Best Buy, Kroger, Barnes & Noble, Office Depot, Bed Bath & Beyond, Petco, Ross Dress for Less, and Five Guys Burgers and Fries.^[3]

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Organized Neighbors of Edgewood

Neighborhoods and districts of Atlanta

Downtown	Castleberry Hill Fairlie-Poplar Centennial Hill Hotel District Five Points Luckie Marietta Peachtree Center SoNo South Downtown

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Buckhead	Argonne Forest Brookwood Brookwood Hills Buckhead Forest Buckhead Village Chastain Park Collier Hills Garden Hills Historic Brookhaven Lindbergh Margaret Mitchell North Buckhead Paces Peachtree Hills Peachtree Park Pine Hills Tuxedo Park

West Midtown	Berkeley Park Blandtown Home Park Knight Park-Howell Station Marietta Street Artery Underwood Hills Westside Provisions

Eastside	Atkins Park Cabbagetown Candler Park Druid Hills East Atlanta East Lake Edgewood Grant Park Glenwood Park Inman Park Kirkwood Lake Claire Lindridge/Martin Manor Little Five Points Morningside/Lenox Park North Ormewood Park Oakland Old Fourth Ward Ormewood Park Piedmont Heights Poncey-Highland Reynoldstown Sweet Auburn Virginia-Highland

Southeast	Benteen Park Boulevard Heights Chosewood Park High Point Joyland Lakewood Heights Peoplestown South Atlanta Summerhill

Southwest	Adair Park Adamsville Ashview Heights Ben Hill Capitol View Capitol View Manor Cascade Heights Collier Heights Fort McPherson Greenbriar Hunter Hills Just Us Mechanicsville Midwest Cascade Oakland City Perkerson Peyton Forest Pittsburgh Sylvan Hills Venetian Hills West End Westview

Northwest	Bankhead The Bluff Carey Park Center Hill Dixie Hills English Avenue Grove Park Hunter Hills Mozley Park Riverside Scotts Crossing Vine City Washington Park West Lake Whittier Mill Village

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Coordinates: 33°45′42″N 84°20′29″W / 33.7617726°N 84.341314°W / 33.7617726; -84.341314

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