Piedmont Heights is an intown

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on the east side of

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, founded in the early 20th century as a

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. It is located between the

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on the west; across from the

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neighborhood;

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on the north, across from an industrial area (Armour Drive); and Piedmont Avenue/Road and

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on the east.

History

Originally the area was open country. The second oldest house in Atlanta is located here, a two-story frame Liddell house on Montgomery Ferry, built circa 1860. The first references to Piedmont Heights at the county tax offices are from 1912. The area was developed during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Largely due to efforts by the Morningside civic association MPLA, construction of I-485 was avoided which would have gone either close to or through part of Piedmont Heights.

Commercial districts

Ansley Mall, originally built in 1968 as an outdoor mall, now a hybrid of outdoor mall and strip mall, is located at the southern tip of Piedmont Heights. Anchor tenants include both Publix and Kroger supermarkets, CVS Pharmacy, Pier One, and L.A. Fitness (formerly a Woolworth). There is additional retail along Monroe Drive and Piedmont.

Education

The community is zoned to

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Parks

Gotham Park is owned by the residents of Piedmont Heights (and not by the City of Atlanta), and it is run and maintained through the Gotham Park Committee of the Piedmont Heights Civic Association. In addition,

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is diagonally across from the southern tip of Piedmont Heights.

Shopping

Ansley Mall Ansley Mall is an open-air shopping mall in the Piedmont Heights neighborhood of Atlanta at 1544 Piedmont Avenue at the intersection of Monroe Drive near the Atlanta BeltLine trail. Ansley opened in 1964, sending Midtown Atlanta's Tenth Stree ...

is a historic open-air shopping mall that opened in the 1960s.

References

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