Castleberry Hill, named after a topographic rise that peaked along Walker Street on land owned by an early Atlanta settler, Daniel Castleberry, is an eclectic warehouse district southwest of downtown that stretches along the Southern Railroad tracks.
Ansley Park, one of Atlanta’s most prestigious neighborhoods, was developed as an auto-oriented suburb with wide, winding streets rather than a grid pattern typical of older streetcar suburbs.
Fairlie-Poplar, named for two of its streets, is a 28-block part of Atlanta’s Downtown listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an Atlanta Landmark District.
Atlanta’s first planned suburb, connected to Downtown by the city’s first electric streetcar. After a long decline, it is now one of intown Atlanta’s most desirable neighborhoods.
Grant Park is on of Atlanta’s first streetcar neighborhoods that showcases restored Victorian and Arts and Crafts homes. Grant Park is Atlanta’s largest historic district and also home to Zoo Atlanta and the Cyclorama.
Cabbagetown is the oldest and largest mill village in Atlanta. While other historic Atlanta neighborhoods have consistent housing types and correlated lot sizes, Cabbagetown’s urban form diverges from this pattern.
The town of Kirkwood developed shortly after the Civil War as a whistle stop along the Georgia Railroad between Decatur and Atlanta. Initial development of the area included parts of what is now the Lake Claire neighborhood to the north of the railroad as well as what is now called Kirkwood to its south.
The City of Roswell, approximately 20 miles north of Atlanta on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, was established by Roswell King in the late 1830s. His intention was to open a mill and establish a new city similar to those in his native New England.
When Decatur, Georgia, was incorporated in 1823, the area that would become downtown Atlanta six miles to the west had not seen the construction of its first log cabin. Locals remain proud of the fact that, historically speaking at least, Atlanta is a suburb of Decatur.
An effort to revitalize a deteriorating downtown led to the creation in 1977 of the Pearl Street Mall out of four blocks of the city’s main commercial street, extending two blocks east and west from its intersection with Broadway. The many trees, flowerbeds, benches, and public art, as well as the numerous local restaurants and eclectic businesses spanning the blocks, have made it one of the nation’s most successful urban places.
The Lower Downtown Historic District, or LoDo, is framed by Cherry Creek/Speer Boulevard, 20th Street, Larimer Street, and Wewatta Street. The neighborhood contains Denver’s largest collection of 19th century mercantile and warehouse buildings.
Inspired by the City Beautiful movement, Denver’s Civic Center Park began as a vision from one of Denver’s esteemed mayors, Robert W. Speer, and was brought to life by the renowned landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
Thornton Park is a historic neighborhood less than 1 miles from the central business district of Orlando, FL and adjacent to Lake Eola. It is generally known as both the premiere historic residential neighborhood near downtown and a trendy urban enclave consisting primarily of residential neighborhood fabric with a commercial cluster on the downtown end of the neighborhood. The neighborhood has a pervasive grid except where interupted by lakes.
Located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., Columbia Heights borders the neighborhoods of Shaw, Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Petworth, Park View, and Pleasant Plains. To the east is Howard University. The streets defining the neighborhood's boundaries are 16th Street to the west; Spring Road to the north; Georgia Avenue to the east; and Florida Avenue to the south. It is served by a subway station stop on the Washington Metro Green and Yellow Lines.
Chautauqua is a lakefront summer colony founded in 1874 as a Methodist summer camp. The camp evolved into a pedestrian friendly village of boarding houses, single family houses, hotels, cultural venues, parks and a town square.
Porchfest highlights the enterprising nature and strong community spirit of Fall Creek — one of the most appealing neighborhoods in this small Upstate city, home of Cornell University and Ithaca College.
New Orleans’ French Quarter, or the Vieux Carre, is a diverse 100-block area encompassing the original city. Founded in 1718, it is one of the best-preserved historic districts in the country.
Kennett Square, PA is borough with about 5000 residents begun in 1856. It has a vital mixed use downtown including library, office, retail with residential above, retaurants, art galleries, specialty shops, post office, borough hall. Most of the single family houses near the downtown have porches and alleyways with historical houses back to the late 1700s.
Departing from the grid pattern characteristic of many American towns, the planners of Annapolis adopted a modified Baroque plan, first applied by French Baroque designers in garden layout, as at Versailles.
Even with the usual planning missteps of the mid‐20th century, Montgomery could use an early history of good planning, some intact urban fabric, strong city leadership, a dedicated planning staff, and a network of local investor support to provide a foundation to build a better city upon.
Early in 1749 the Virginia Assembly authorized the purchase of 60 acres for the creation of a new town. The boundaries and streets were established by John West, the county surveyor, assisted by 17-year-old George Washington.
