The Grant Park neighborhood was named for Lemuel P. (L.P.) Grant, a civil engineer for the Georgia Railroad who has been called the "Father of Atlanta." As an agent for the Western Railroad Company and the Georgia Air Line Railroad, Grant helped to bring the railroad to Atlanta.  Grant lived in a huge 1858 Italianate mansion in the center of his vast land holdings now called Grant Park.  The neighborhood itself, started to be populated in the 1890's, but like many old inner-city neighborhoods in America - Grant Park was sliced in half by I-20.  Enjoy what is left of the neat Grant Park neighborhood.

 

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11.  So long from Grant Park

Reminds me of small town North-Central Ohio.

Nice! I really like those homes.

Beautiful well kept houses. Great thread!

I was just reading this on yahoo..

 

What's happened in Charlestown shows how rezoning and a change in public infrastructure can help bolster an area's home prices. Those along the waterfront have grown 345% since 1990, the most of any neighborhood in Boston. Joining Charlestown on our list of top-performers are Society Hill in Philadelphia, Wicker Park in Chicago, downtown Minneapolis, and the Sweet Auburn/Grant Park area of Atlanta.

Society Hill in Philly will make you weak in the knees.