Poncey–Highland Explained

Poncey–Highland
Settlement Type:Neighborhoods of Atlanta
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Georgia
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Fulton County
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:City of Atlanta
Subdivision Type5:NPU
Subdivision Name5:N
Population As Of:2000
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:8478
Demographics Type1:Demographics (2000)
Demographics1 Title1:White/other
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Demographics1 Title2:Black
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Demographics1 Title3:Asian
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Coordinates:33.7722°N -84.3525°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:30306
Website:Poncey–Highland Neighborhood Association

Poncey–Highland is an intown neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, located south of Virginia–Highland. It is so named because it is near the intersection of east/west Ponce de Leon Avenue and north/southwest North Highland Avenue. This Atlanta neighborhood was established between 1905 and 1930, and is bordered by Druid Hills and Candler Park across Moreland Avenue to the east, the Old Fourth Ward across the BeltLine Eastside Trail to the west, Inman Park across the eastern branch of Freedom Parkway to the south, and Virginia Highland to the north across Ponce de Leon Avenue.[2] The Little Five Points area sits on the border of Poncey–Highland, Inman Park, and Candler Park.

Poncey–Highland is home to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, established in 1982. The Carter Center occupies an area of land that was originally the neighborhood of Copenhill, and which was razed to build an interchange between eight-lane highways: Interstate 485 (now Stone Mountain Freeway) east and west, and Georgia 400 and Interstate 675 north and south. The development was successfully stopped by the surrounding neighborhoods, leaving Freedom Parkway in the area where GDOT had already demolished over 500 homes.

Poncey–Highland has numerous historic buildings, including:

The BeltLine, a multi-use corridor of walking and biking paths and eventually a light rail line, built on the old Southern Railway tracks that form the western boundary of Poncey–Highland. The BeltLine Eastside Trail borders Poncey–Highland.

Around the intersection of North Avenue and North Highland are:

The so-called Murder Kroger at 725 Ponce de Leon Ave. was razed in 2016 and replaced by 725 Ponce, a mixed-use development with a new Kroger store.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia-Highland . www.arch.gatech.edu . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041128190101/http://www.arch.gatech.edu/~dapa/reports/atlneighchg/page-Images/f05.html . 28 November 2004 . dead.
  2. Web site: City of Atlanta Online . 2011-06-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716061321/http://www.atlantaga.gov/government/planning/neighborhoodlist.aspx . 2011-07-16 .
  3. Web site: Where to Stay: Spotlight on Hotel Clermont. 2019-10-28. Atlanta Magazine. 2019-04-23.
  4. Web site: Clermont Lounge: Strip club meets boutique hotel in Atlanta . 2019-10-28. CNN. 2019-02-04.
  5. Web site: With second reboot, Kroger on Beltline looks to shed 'murder' from store's moniker. 2019-10-28. Decaturish. 2019-10-15.