6-530: Ansley Park is an intown residential district in Atlanta, Georgia , located just east of Midtown and west of Piedmont Park . 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 streetcar suburbs . Streets were planned like parkways with extensive landscaping, while Winn Park and McClatchey Park are themselves long and narrow, extending deep into
12-475: The BeltLine ring of parks and trails around the central city. The area was developed by rail and real estate magnate Edwin P. Ansley , while George W. Adair, Jr. and Forrest Adair marketed the lots. It was marketed as an alternative for the city's elite to Inman Park , the most fashionable residential neighborhood in the city at the time. It was more fashionably located, astride Peachtree Street and adjacent to
18-843: The City of Atlanta and bordering communities. The definition of "intown" varies significantly: According to "Intown Elite Real Estate Services" the strictest definition of "intown" includes only Downtown and Midtown Atlanta and the surrounding, mostly pre-World War II neighborhoods that contain unique destinations that draw customers from across metro Atlanta. Similar to the above definition, but including Buckhead. Sources using this definition include Intown Atlanta Guide & Maps, INtown Atlanta and Atlanta Intown Real Estate Services. Finally, Intown may refer to all of Atlanta and surrounding areas of Fulton , DeKalb , and Cobb counties inside I-285 ("the Perimeter"). This definition includes, for example,
24-643: The Historic District include: Ansley Park residents are zoned to schools in the Atlanta Public Schools . Zoned schools include: [REDACTED] Media related to Ansley Park at Wikimedia Commons Intown Atlanta Intown Atlanta (or as an adjective, " intown ") is a loosely-defined term used by the residents of Atlanta , Georgia , in the United States. It is most frequently used in metro Atlanta to designate an area containing parts of
30-594: 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. Contributing properties in
36-515: The neighborhood. Ansley Golf Club borders the district. The neighborhood was largely completed by 1930 and covers 275 acres (1.11 km). It has been designated a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places . In 2008, the median household income for the neighborhood was $ 226,335. To the immediate east of the golf course is the Eastside Trail interim hiking trail, part of
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