This is a tour of historic places and sites along the Atlanta Streets Alive Southwest Route on September 29, 2019. Pick up a print version of the self-guided tour at our table in the West End (near Peeples Street on RDA) and use this for additional information and historic images. You can also see more historic images along the route below.
Before the interstates, before Turner Field, before Ralph David Abernathy (the street or the man) there was Georgia Ave, Glenn Street, and Gordon Street running from Summerhill to Westview and Cascade.
As you walk through these neighborhoods, imagine what used to be here (in most cases, a lot of houses!), enjoy what is here today and what the future can bring!
Summerhill Riots, scene on Georgia Ave or Capitol Ave 
, southeast corner of Capitol and Georgia Aves
Brisbane Park c.1899, Mechanicsville 
Mechanicsville area c.1892 
Candler Warehouses illustration looking northeast 
The Ruralist Press around time of construction, c.1926 on Glenn Ave (now RDA) 
traffic on Whitehall approaching RDA and railroad underpass, c.1950s 
c.1940s image of the Gordon Theatre in West End 
Gordon St (now RDA) in West End 
Liberty Mutual Insurance building, mid-century single-commercial building in West End 
firemen of Fire Station #17, c.1928 
Original design of the Lucile Ave School c.1915, later J.C. Harris, now Kipp Strive, Westview 
Westwood plat c.1890s, became Westview neighborhood 
Cascade Commercial District, c.1950s 
Stegar’s Drug Store, longtime anchor of Cascade Commercial District, c.1950s
