26 Facts About East Atlanta

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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".

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

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

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

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".

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

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.