26 Facts About East Atlanta

1. East Atlanta is served by the East Atlanta Journal-Constitution, its only major daily newspaper with wide distribution.

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2. East Atlanta contains a campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, a private art and design university that has proven to be a major factor in the recent growth of Atlanta's visual art community.

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3. East Atlanta is home to nationally renowned private colleges and universities, most notably Emory University, a leading liberal arts and research institution that consistently ranks among the top 20 universities in the United States and operates Emory Healthcare, the largest health care system in Georgia.

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4. At the federal level, East Atlanta is split between two congressional districts.

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5. East Atlanta serves as the regional hub for many arms of the federal bureaucracy, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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6. East Atlanta offers resources and opportunities for amateur and participatory sports and recreation.

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7. In 2001 and 2011, East Atlanta hosted the PGA Championship, one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

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8. East Atlanta has had its own professional ice hockey franchises, both of which relocated after playing in Atlanta less than 15 years.

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9. Since the turn of the 21st century, East Atlanta has emerged as a sophisticated restaurant town.

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10. East Atlanta has become one of the USA's best cities for street art in recent years.

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11. East Atlanta attracts many touring Broadway acts, concerts, shows, and exhibitions catering to a variety of interests.

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12. East Atlanta is one of few United States cities with permanent, professional, and resident companies in all major performing arts disciplines: opera, ballet (Atlanta Ballet), orchestral music (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra), and theater (the Alliance Theatre).

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13. East Atlanta has, indeed, been nicknamed the "Silicon peach" thanks to its burgeoning technology sector.

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14. East Atlanta serves as an important rail junction and contains major classification yards for Norfolk Southern and CSX.

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15. East Atlanta was selected as the site for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.

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16. On December 15, 1939, East Atlanta hosted the premiere of Gone with the Wind, the epic film based on the best-selling novel by Atlanta's Margaret Mitchell.

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17. In 1895, East Atlanta hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition, which attracted nearly 800,000 attendees and successfully promoted the New South's development to the world.

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18. East Atlanta was originally founded as the terminating stop of a major state-sponsored railroad.

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19. East Atlanta is the capital of, and the most populous city in, the US state of Georgia.

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20. The East Atlanta Banking Company entered the East Atlanta community in 1911, moving into its new building at Flat Shoals and Glenwood—shaped like an old fashioned "flat iron".

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21. East Atlanta is in the Atlanta Public Schools System and nearby charter school alternatives are available.

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22. East Atlanta is one of the best neighborhoods in Atlanta for viewing Street art.

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23. In 2005 East Atlanta acquired a new library building which is located at the corner of Flat Shoals and McPherson.

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24. The East Atlanta Banking Company entered the East Atlanta community in 1911, moving into its new building at Flat Shoals and Glenwood—shaped like an old fashioned "flat iron".

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25. East Atlanta recovered after the Civil War, quickly becoming a developing unincorporated town.

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26. East Atlanta is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States The name East Atlanta Village primarily refers to the neighborhood's commercial district.

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