Ansley Park is an intown residential district in

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, located just east of Midtown and west of

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. When developed in 1905-1908, it was the first Atlanta suburban neighborhood designed for automobiles, featuring wide, winding roads rather than the grid pattern typical of older

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s. Streets were planned like parkways with extensive landscaping, while Winn Park and McClatchey Park are themselves long and narrow, extending deep into the neighborhood. Ansley Golf Club borders the district. The neighborhood was largely completed by 1930 and covers . It has been designated a Historic District on the

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. In 2008, the median household income for the neighborhood was $226,335. To the immediate east of the golf course is the

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interim hiking trail, part of the

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ring of parks and trails around the central city.

History

The area was developed by rail and real estate magnate Edwin P. Ansley, while George W. Adair, Jr. and

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marketed the lots. It was marketed as an alternative for the city's elite to

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, the most fashionable residential neighborhood in the city at the time. It was more fashionably located, astride Peachtree Street and adjacent to the city's largest public park. With Edwin Ansley's former residence serving as the governor's mansion and the Piedmont Driving Club adjacent, the area remained upscale until the 1960s when a slight decline was experienced with some residences turning into boarding houses. However, residents turned this decline around and the area never experienced the deep decline in the 1950s-1960s due to suburbanization, as neighborhoods like Inman Park did.

Historic district

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in the Historic District include: *

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Education

Ansley Park residents are zoned to schools in the

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. Zoned schools include: *Morningside Elementary School *

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* Henry W. Grady High School

Notable people

* Charles Brewer, founder of

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, former NBA player *

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, member of the Atlanta Hawks, and wife

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, authors of ''

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'' *

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, federal judge who played a prominent role in civil rights cases

References

External links

Ansley Park Civic Association

Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary
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