Ashview Heights is a historic intown

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located in southwest

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, United States. Established in the 1920s, it was one of the first planned African-American middle-class communities in Atlanta. The neighborhood is served by Booker T. Washington High School, which is Atlanta’s first African American high school and is listed on the

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. The neighborhood is in close proximity to the

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Transportation

Ashview Heights is located on the north side of

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at the Langhorn Street exit. It is served by the Ashby

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station and MARTA buses.

References

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