Lindbergh, officially Lindbergh/Morosgo, is a

neighborhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...

in the

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district of

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. Most of the neighborhood consists of multi-use development combining retail, office and residential space.

Geography

Lindbergh is bordered on the northwest by a freight railroad line, across which lie the

Peachtree Park Peachtree Park is a neighborhood in the Buckhead Community of Atlanta, Georgia. It is bounded by: * Peachtree Road and North Buckhead on the northwest * Georgia 400 and Lenox Square and Pine Hills on the east * MARTA north-south rail line an ...

Garden Hills Garden Hills is a neighborhood in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, Georgia between Peachtree and Piedmont Roads, bordered on the north by Pharr Road and on the south by Lindbergh Road. In 1987 the neighborhood was given historic district status ...

, and

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neighborhoods. The eastern border is

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and Pine Hills. The Armour industrial area is to the southwest, and to the southeast is

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and Lindridge/Martin Manor.

History

A lake known as Mooney's Lake was originally located in Lindbergh, on the east side of Piedmont Road. Deuward S. Mooney developed it into a recreation center in 1920. It had two spring water pools, a lake for swimming and canoeing, horseback riding, miniature golf, and a railroad. Food was sold at the pavilion, and there was dancing to jukebox music. The pavilion burned down in the 1950s and subsequently went out of business. In 1958, Mooney's Lake was drained and the developers Jordan, Davis and Carter built the Broadview Shopping Center (later "Lindbergh Plaza mall"). By 1963, the center housed about 30 retail stores, including a two-level

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as well as the Great Southeast Music Hall, where in the 1970s prominent artists played, such as

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, and

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. During this time, the

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was acquiring land for what is now Georgia Route 400 freeway, and so the surrounding land had a network of dirt roads, one of which was located where Sidney Marcus Boulevard is today and which connected

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to Lindbergh Drive. In the late 1990s, planning began between MARTA, the City, developers, and

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to build a town center for the neighborhood in the area surrounding the MARTA station and renovate Lindbergh Plaza shopping mall. Lindbergh City Center opened in phases starting in 2003,"The : Q&A", ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', January 6, 2003 while Lindbergh Plaza's renovation won the

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's 2006 "Mixed-Use Deal of the Year" award.

Transportation

Lindbergh serves as a transportation hub, both in terms of roads and transit. Georgia 400 reaches its terminus at I-85. The Lindbergh MARTA station is a hub for MARTA buses, and is also a terminus of the Georgia Bus Company "jitneys" (minibuses) that ply

. Lindbergh Center's function as a transit hub may strengthen, as it has been identified as a northern terminus of

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corridor light rail routes, as well as a possible northern terminus for a rail line to

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along the

Clifton Corridor The Clifton Corridor is a proposed public transportation corridor in and near Atlanta, Georgia, roughly connecting the Buckhead, Emory University, and Decatur areas. Proposed route The proposed route stretches from: * Lindbergh Center at the s ...

PATH400 The PATH400 Greenway Trail is a multi-use trail under construction along the Georgia 400 freeway in Buckhead, Atlanta. Once complete, the trail will be 10 feet (3.0 m) to 14 feet (4.3 m) wide and traverse the cities of Atlanta, Sandy Springs and Du ...

is a multi-use trail that passes through the eastern portion of Lindbergh.

References

External links

Lindbergh Plaza (2006)

Miami Circle Market Center
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