57-529: Historic Brookhaven is a historic neighborhood, part of which lies in Atlanta's Buckhead Community, part of which lies in Sandy Springs, Georgia , and part of which lies in city of Brookhaven, Georgia , to which it lends its name. Capital City Club country club is at the center of the neighborhood, and it is surrounded by valuable homes, many of which were designed by a number of well-known Atlanta architects of
114-458: A food court . This replaced the previous open-air Plaza Court and supermarket. Lenox Square then encompassed 1.04 million leasable square feet. The new food court was soon joined by a 19-story, 370,000 sqft (gross), class-A office building, a twin-like 24-story hotel, 1,800 space, five-level partially submerged combined hotel-office parking garage (two below ground), and 800-space four-level retail pre-cast concrete parking deck. These were adjacent to
171-578: A concentration of "big-box" retailers. The "Buckhead Atlanta" mixed-use development brought even more exclusive boutiques, restaurants, hotels, condos and office space to the heart of Buckhead in 2014. The name of the project was rebranded as 'Buckhead Atlanta'. Buckhead is also a center for healthcare, and is home both to Piedmont Hospital and the private, catastrophic care hospital Shepherd Center which specializes in spinal cord injury and acquired brain injury . The two hospitals are located adjacent to one another along Peachtree Road. (This location
228-466: A part of several major events in the city. It is the starting point, as of 2025, the summer southbound running, and starting in 2025, the finishing point of the winter northbound running, of the 10 kilometer Peachtree Road Races , one of the largest 10 kilometer races in the world. Davison's, owned by Macy's since 1924, was rebranded as Macy's in 1986. In 2000, the celebration of the Rich's Great Tree moved to
285-481: A proposed mixed-use redevelopment around historic Fort McPherson , 14 miles (23 km) south. MARTA , the city's main mass transit system, provides one station across the street from the J W Marriott, as well as the Buckhead station a quarter mile Northwest on Peachtree Road. Several companies, such as AT&T Mobility , have their headquarters near the shopping center. The area surrounding Lenox Square contains
342-489: A response from governor Brian Kemp on the legality and workability of incorporating Buckhead as a city, but was ultimately rejected 33-23. The against votes consists of all Democrats in the Senate, and ten Republicans who broke rank to join them. Republicans on the for side argued that the citizens of Buckhead were not being represented by their municipal government and that the decision to form their own municipality should be up to
399-468: A story that Irby killed a large buck deer and placed the head in a prominent location. Prior to this, the settlement was called Irbyville. By the late 1800s, Buckhead had become a rural vacation spot for wealthy Atlantans. In the 1890s, Buckhead was rechristened Atlanta Heights but by the 1920s it was again "Buckhead". Buckhead remained dominated by country estates until after World War I , when many of Atlanta's wealthy began building mansions among
456-403: A then current retail trend, a major renovation and expansion in the early 1970s enclosed the entire shopping center. It included a new wing and the addition of the first Neiman Marcus location outside of Texas and Florida . It is still to this day the company's only location in the state. A second expansion completed in 1980 added a three-level section at the back of the mall which included
513-541: A typical lifestyle center . Its original anchors were two of the most famous and acclaimed department stores in the area, Rich's and Davison's , and grocery chain Colonial Stores . The mall opened with 60 stores. Over the next few decades competition from new suburban shopping malls spurred four expansions. The most recent renovation included enlarging the Neiman Marcus store by 52,000 square feet (4,800 m ) and
570-490: A year. In addition, Buckhead contains the highest concentration of upscale boutiques in the United States . The majority are located at Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza , sister regional malls located diagonally across from each other at the intersection of Peachtree and Lenox Roads. The malls are home to designer boutiques, mainstream national retailers, as well as six major department stores. This commercial core also has
627-469: Is Peachtree Road, which extends south into the heart of the city as Peachtree Street , Atlanta's main street . This name change is significant in that it defines a border between Buckhead and Midtown . The main east–west street is Paces Ferry Road, named for a former ferry that used to cross the Chattahoochee River . Hardy Pace, one of Atlanta's founders, operated the ferry and owned much of what
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#1732854524721684-648: Is also hosted at their Buckhead Center. The University of Georgia 's Terry College of Business Executive Education Center is located in Buckhead. This facility houses the university's executive MBA program and Terry Third Thursday, a lecture series featuring business leaders. There are two branches of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System in Buckhead: Northside Branch and Buckhead Branch. The main north–south street of Buckhead
741-605: Is known as "Cardiac Hill" by runners of the annual Peachtree Road Race . ) Buckhead is also the location of a large share of Atlanta's diplomatic missions . Consulates in Buckhead include the Consulate-General of Australia and the Australian Trade Commission , the Consulate-General of France and the French Trade Commission , the Consulate-General of Brazil , the Consulate-General of Japan , and
798-414: Is now Buckhead. In addition to Peachtree and West Paces Ferry Roads, other arterial roads include Piedmont Road (Georgia 237), Roswell Road ( Georgia State Route 9 ), and Northside Parkway. In the early 1990s, after a bitter fight against GDOT by residents, Buckhead was split in two by Georgia 400 , a tolled extension of a freeway connecting I-285 to I-85 . However, MARTA 's Red Line extension
855-516: Is the uptown commercial and residential district of the city of Atlanta , Georgia , comprising approximately the northernmost fifth of the city. Buckhead is the third largest business district within the Atlanta city limits, behind Downtown and Midtown , and a major commercial and financial center of the Southern U.S. Buckhead is anchored by a core of high-rise office buildings, hotels, shopping centers, restaurants and condominiums centered around
912-536: Is the third largest shopping mall in the state, as well as one of the largest in the Southeast. Only the Mall of Georgia and Perimeter Mall have a larger gross leasable area . Visited by more than 35 million people a year, Lenox Square is one of the most popular and profitable retail centers in the United States . Together with Phipps Plaza, an estimated $ 1 billion was generated in 2007. An estimated 40% of all visitors to
969-558: Is the third-largest mall in Georgia. The mall is currently owned and managed by Simon Property Group , and is considered a sister mall to the adjacent, Simon-owned Phipps Plaza . The mall features Macy's , Bloomingdale's , and Neiman Marcus . The mall is known of the start and finish line of the Peachtree Road Races , with the mall being the start line of the July southbound running, and
1026-706: The Atlanta Speech School , Christ the King School, the Atlanta Girls School , The Galloway School , Holy Spirit Preparatory School , Trinity School, The Lovett School , Pace Academy , and The Westminster Schools . Georgia State University 's J. Mack Robinson College of Business ' Buckhead Center is located in the heart of Buckhead. This facility houses Georgia State's Executive MBA program. Its "Leadership Speaker Series", which showcases an agenda of executive officers from prestigious, well-known companies
1083-755: The Consulate of Greece . In 1982 the Buckhead Business Association created an official boundary map for Buckhead. The Georgia House of Representatives adopted that boundary, as did the Atlanta Regional Commission . While much of west and north Buckhead is preserved as single-family homes in forested settings, the Peachtree Road corridor has become a major focus of high-rise construction. The first 400-foot (121 m) office tower, Tower Place , opened in 1974. Park Place , built in 1986,
1140-580: The Grand Hyatt , InterContinental , Waldorf Astoria , and Westin chains. The area around Lenox has grown immensely in the past few decades following its opening, with expanding retail developments and over 75 restaurants within a mile radius, which has made the area a highly desirable location to live and work. A two-story Target store sits across from Lenox at Lenox Marketplace, connected inside via escalators and elevators designed for shopping carts as well as shoppers, and having checkouts on both levels at
1197-487: The Great Depression . In 1930, Henry Aaron Alexander built one of the largest homes on Peachtree Road, a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m ) house with 33 rooms and 13 bathrooms. During the mid-1940s, Fulton County decided to acquire the land comprising Macedonia Park to build what is now Frankie Allen Park. This process, which entailed both eminent domain and "outright coercion" displaced over 400 families. During
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#17328545247211254-602: The MARTA 's Lenox transit station , which opened in December 1984. In 1995, the mall underwent its largest expansion, adding a second story above the original Mall Level. The expansion made Lenox Square the largest shopping center in Georgia, with 1.457 million square feet (140,000 m²) divided among 200 stores and restaurants . This distinction was relinquished to the newly built, 1.7-million-square-foot (160,000 m ) Mall of Georgia in 1999. A significant 2007 expansion enlarged
1311-596: The Southeastern United States ". Due to its wealth, Buckhead is sometimes promoted as the "Beverly Hills of the East" or "Beverly Hills of the South" in reference to Beverly Hills, California , an area to which it is often compared. At the heart of Buckhead around the intersections of Lenox, Peachtree and Piedmont Roads, is a shopping district with more than 1,500 retail units where shoppers spend more than $ 3 billion
1368-604: The Washington D.C. suburb of Great Falls , and east of the Phoenix suburb of Paradise Valley to be among the 50 wealthiest communities in the country. However, according to Forbes magazine, (30327) is the ninth- wealthiest zip code in the nation, with a household income in excess of $ 341,000. The Robb Report magazine has consistently ranked Buckhead one of the nation's "10 Top Affluent Communities" due to "the most beautiful mansions , best shopping, and finest restaurants in
1425-645: The secession of Buckhead into its own city after more than 50 years as part of Atlanta. This came on the heels of neighboring Sandy Springs , which finally became a city in late 2005 after a 30-year struggle to incorporate, and which triggered other such incorporations in metro Atlanta 's northern suburbs . Like those cities, the argument to create a city of Buckhead is based on the desire for more local control and lower taxes . Discussions revolving around potential secession from Atlanta were revived in late 2021, with proponents of secession arguing that splitting from Atlanta would enable Buckhead to better tackle crime in
1482-514: The 26-story Post Alexander High Rise in 2014 and the 26-story SkyHouse Buckhead in 2014. Today, Buckhead has over 50 high-rise buildings, almost one-third of the city's total. Public schools in Buckhead are administered by Atlanta Public Schools . The following public elementary schools serve Buckhead: The area is served by Sutton Middle School and North Atlanta High School . By 2012, due to overall population increases in Buckhead, many schools became increasingly crowded. Brandon Elementary
1539-632: The Atlanta City Council to pass a local ordinance to close bars at 2:30 AM rather than 4 AM, and liquor licenses were made more difficult to obtain. Eventually, most of the Buckhead Village nightlife district was acquired for the "Buckhead Atlanta" multi-use project, and many of the former bars and clubs were razed in 2007. In 2008, a newsletter by the Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation began circulating that proposed
1596-592: The Brookwood and Ardmore neighborhoods is sometimes regarded as a separate neighborhood of "South Buckhead". Since at least the 1950s, Buckhead has been known as a district of extreme wealth, with the western and northern neighborhoods being virtually unrivaled in the Southeast . In 2011, The Gadberry Group compiled the list of the 50 wealthiest zip codes in the United States, ranking Buckhead's western zip code (30327) as
1653-473: The addition of 36,000 square feet (3,300 m ) of new retail space. It also has the largest Pottery Barn in their chain as well as one of the largest Forever 21 stores in the Southeastern United States. Lenox Square has undergone four major renovations and expansions, significantly spurred by competition from new suburban retail such as Perimeter Mall and Cumberland Mall . In keeping with
1710-524: The area's rolling hills. Simultaneously, a number of Black enclaves began popping up in Buckhead, following events like the 1906 Atlanta race riot and the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 , which drove black residents from the city center. Predominantly black neighborhoods within Buckhead included Johnsontown , Piney Grove, Savagetown, and Macedonia Park . Despite the stock market crash of 1929 , lavish mansions were still constructed in Buckhead throughout
1767-415: The area. In Atlanta's Police Zone 2, which includes Buckhead, Lenox Park , Piedmont Heights , and West Midtown , murder was up 63% in 2021 compared to the previous year, going from 8 cases to 13. However, in the same period crime overall was down by 6%, and according to police chief Rodney Bryant , Zone 2 had only a fraction of the violent crimes seen in other neighborhoods of Atlanta. Buckhead, one of
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1824-455: The black community in the Atlanta area, including Otto's, Cobalt, 112, BAR, World Bar, Lulu's Bait Shack, Mako's, Tongue & Groove, Chaos, John Harvard's Brew House, Paradox, Frequency & Havana Club. The area became renowned as a party spot for Atlanta area rappers and singers, including Outkast , Jazze Pha , Jagged Edge , Usher and Jermaine Dupri , who mentioned the neighborhood's clubs on his song " Welcome to Atlanta ." Following
1881-418: The citizens themselves. Additionally, it was noted by the media that there was no Senator from Buckhead in the Senate at the time of the vote. If the bill succeeded, it would have begun the referendum process to secede from Atlanta. Buckhead was originally the central area now called "Buckhead Village". The current usage of the term Buckhead roughly covers the interior of the "V" formed by Interstate 85 on
1938-530: The east and Interstate 75 on the west. Buckhead is bordered by Cumberland and Vinings in Cobb County to the northwest, the city of Sandy Springs to the north, Brookhaven and North Druid Hills in DeKalb County to the east, Midtown Atlanta to the south, and West Midtown to the west. Buckhead comprises most of the neighborhoods of Atlanta 's north side, 43 in total. The southernmost area around
1995-652: The events of the Ray Lewis murder case in Buckhead on the night of the 2000 Super Bowl (held in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome ), as well as a series of murders involving the Black Mafia Family , residents sought to ameliorate crime by taking measures to reduce the community's nightlife and re-establish a more residential character. The Buckhead Coalition's president and former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell , along with councilwoman Mary Norwood were instrumental in persuading
2052-480: The existing subway -type MARTA train service for the area. Bike Share In 2017, the Relay Bike Share program expanded into Buckhead. Three new stations were installed with plans to add more in the future. Lenox Square Lenox Square is a shopping mall in the Buckhead district of Atlanta , Georgia . With 198 tenants and 1,558,678 square feet (144,805.9 m ) of gross leasable area , it
2109-566: The existing Neiman Marcus by 52,000 square feet (4,800 m ) and added a 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m ) an upper level to the wing connecting the store to the main mallway. The shopping center then housed 1.545 million leasable square feet and 240 stores and services. In Fall 2013 another renovation took place in the mall with additions of both exterior and interior with new lightning, landscaping, windowing, and many more. The renovations were completed as of 2014. Seven shootings occurred at Lenox Square in 2020. A robbery occurred outside of
2166-408: The exits to a parking deck. Other stores at Lenox Marketplace include Dick's Sporting Goods and Publix . The Sembler Company was the developer. In addition, Phipps Plaza is located to the northeast of Lenox Square across Peachtree Road. Traffic levels around Lenox are high and the streets are confusing for those unfamiliar with the area. Georgia 400 opened in 1993, restricting traffic to and from
2223-542: The finish line of the January northbound running. Lenox Square was the work of Ed Noble, a former developer from Kansas City, Missouri , whose company J. Noble Properties, acquired the site in 1956. Groundbreaking for the shopping center occurred in July 1957, and it was completed on June 29, 1958. The public opening ceremony for Lenox Square was held on August 3, 1959. The three-level mall -Mall, Plaza and Market featured 800,000 square feet (74,000 m ) of retail space. It
2280-513: The flagship store from Underground Atlanta , after having been held downtown for decades. In 1991, Rich's relocated their flagship store to Lenox Square from downtown Atlanta . In 2003, Federated Department Stores began integrating the Macy's name with their other regional department store brands, including Rich's . Following the news, the Lenox Macy's location closed and the building (along with
2337-497: The intersection of Peachtree Road and Piedmont Road near Georgia State Route 400 , the Buckhead MARTA station , and Lenox Square . In 1838, Henry Irby purchased 202 1/2 acres surrounding the present intersection of Peachtree, Roswell, and West Paces Ferry roads from Daniel Johnson for $ 650. Irby subsequently established a general store and tavern at the northwest corner of the intersection. The name "Buckhead" comes from
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2394-461: The location at Perimeter Mall ) was renovated extensively to house the first Bloomingdale's in the South, which opened in October 2003. In 2005, Federated Department Stores dropped the regional names of all of their department stores. The former Rich's-Macy's location at Lenox Square became the flagship of Macy's Central until all of the company's divisions had consolidated into one. Lenox Square
2451-515: The mall in 2021 after it was closed. After a string of shootings and robberies, the mall now has security measures in place and requires people under the age of 18 to have adult supervision after 3 pm. Lenox Square is connected via parkway to the 27-story JW Marriott Buckhead hotel, classified as a 4-Diamond hotel by the AAA . Many other luxury hotels are within walking distance from Lenox. These include W Hotel , The Whitley , and properties belonging to
2508-603: The malls where Peachtree crosses 400. A free circulator bus called "the buc" (Buckhead Uptown Connection) stops at all three stations. The proposed extension of the Atlanta Streetcar to Buckhead (nicknamed the " Peachtree Streetcar " because it would run along Peachtree Street in Downtown Atlanta and Peachtree Road in Buckhead) would provide street-level service with frequent stops all the way to downtown Atlanta, complementing
2565-436: The mid-1940s, Atlanta Mayor William B. Hartsfield sought to annex Buckhead, and a number of other predominantly White suburbs of Atlanta. Fearing that the city's "Negro population is growing by leaps and bounds", and was "taking more white territory inside Atlanta", Hartsfield sought to annex these communities to counteract the threat of increasing political power for the city's Black residents. The annexation of Buckhead
2622-560: The move, and due to pro-secession organizations raising nearly $ 1,000,000 to promote the split. A referendum did not occur in 2022 or early 2023, as the Georgia General Assembly tabled the bills that would have provided for this referendum during the 2022 legislative session. During the 2023 session, on April 27, the issue of incorporation was brought to the Georgia State Senate in the form of SB114. The bill prompted
2679-400: The pre-war period. The neighborhood boundaries are well defined, and it stretches from Peachtree Dunwoody Road to the west, Windsor Parkway to the north, Mabry Drive to the east, and Peachtree Road to the south. Historic Brookhaven has perpetually been one of metropolitan Atlanta's wealthiest neighborhoods. As of 2010, it has a median household income of $ 236,393. Buckhead Buckhead
2736-472: The second wealthiest zip code in the South (behind Palm Beach 's 33480) and the second wealthiest zip code east of California and south of Virginia . The same group reported the average household income at $ 280,631, with an average household net worth of $ 1,353,189. These 2011 figures are up from a similar 2005 study that pegged Buckhead as the wealthiest community in the South and the only settlement south of
2793-413: The shopping center in 2009 were tourists. By 2023, since the government lockdown , Lenox Square had announced several newest additions, among them are Psycho Bunny , Savage X Fenty , Cotton On , Moncler , Sandro , The Webster , Ferrari , in addition to an entirely new store format for Apple . Lenox Square opened to the public on August 3, 1959, operating as an open-air shopping center much like
2850-428: The wealthiest neighborhoods in Atlanta, would deprive the city of upwards of 40% of its tax revenue if it seceded. Political scientists and journalists have also highlighted that Buckhead is significantly more conservative and white than the rest of Atlanta. Commentators have also noted that this secession attempt is "more serious" than earlier efforts, due to polling data showing 54% to 70% of Buckhead's residents favor
2907-449: The west after it cut many existing roads. However, the BUC (Buckhead Uptown Connection), the free shuttle bus service around Buckhead, is available, supported voluntarily by a self-taxing district (Buckhead CID) which includes Lenox, and by GRTA and other agencies. The Peachtree Streetcar initiative would also extend free or low-fare streetcars to Lenox in the north, through midtown and downtown, to
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#17328545247212964-600: Was anchored by Rich's , Davison's , and a Colonial Stores supermarket. There were 52 original tenants, including a bowling alley , indoor golf driving range, and a Kresge five and dime store. The Mall Level concourse featured several statues depicting Uncle Remus characters, such as Br'er Fox, Br'er Frog and the Tar Baby . A movie theater opened on the Market Level in June 1963. Within its first few years Lenox Square would be
3021-494: Was at 97% capacity, Garden Hills was at 102% capacity, E. Rivers was at 121% capacity, and Sutton was at 150% capacity. In the round of school zone change proposals in 2012, Ernie Suggs of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said that the zones of Buckhead "remained pretty much intact." There is an area charter school , Atlanta Classical Academy . Local private schools include the Atlanta International School ,
3078-555: Was one of the first malls in the country, and the largest shopping center in the Southeastern U.S. Office development soon followed with the construction of Tower Place in 1974. To reverse a downturn in Buckhead Village during the 1980s, minimum parking spot requirements for bars were lifted, which quickly led to it becoming the most dense concentration of bars and clubs in the Atlanta area. Many bars and clubs catered mostly to
3135-606: Was put in the highway's median , providing additional mass transit to Buckhead and Sandy Springs . MARTA operates three stations in Buckhead, the southernmost being Lindbergh Center . Just north of there, the Red and Gold lines split, with the Gold Line 's Lenox station at the southwest corner of the Lenox Square parking lot , and the Red Line 's Buckhead station on the west side of
3192-473: Was put to a vote in 1947, but it was rejected by Buckhead voters. Atlanta annexed Buckhead and a number of other nearby communities in 1952, following legislation which expanded Atlanta's city boundaries. In 1956, an estate known as Joyeuse was chosen as the site for a major shopping center to be known as Lenox Square . The mall was designed by Joe Amisano , an architect who designed many of Atlanta's modernist buildings. When Lenox Square opened in 1959, it
3249-628: Was the first 400+ foot (121+ m) condominium building. 1986 also saw the completion of the 425-foot (129 m), 34-story Atlanta Plaza , then Buckhead's tallest and largest building. In 2000, Park Avenue Condominiums pushed the record to 486 feet (148 m). Since that time, a wave of development has followed. The 660-foot (201 m) Sovereign and 580-foot (177 m) Mandarin Oriental , now renamed the Waldorf-Astoria, were completed in 2008. Many luxury high-rise apartment buildings have been built recently, including
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