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Midtown Atlanta

Midtown is the second-largest business district in Atlanta and features the largest concentration of arts facilities and organizations in the South. It is bound by Peachtree Station on the north, Ansley Park, Piedmont Park, and Monroe Drive on the east, the Downtown Connector on the west, and North Avenue on the south.

Tight Squeeze

During the 1850s what is now Midtown was a vast stretch of forest and field outside Atlanta’s corporate limits. The section of Peachtree Street that forms the backbone of Midtown today was a narrow country road that served as the main connection between Atlanta and Buckhead. North of Eighth Street and south of Twelfth Street, Peachtree followed a westward bend in order to avoid...

Textile Industry

The rise of the textile industry in Georgia was a significant historical development with a profound effect on the state's inhabitants. The narratives surrounding textiles, particularly the cultivation and processing of...

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University of Georgia Press

The University of Georgia Press is the oldest and largest book publisher in the state and the only member of the Association of American University Presses within the University System ...

Wiregrass Georgia

The wiregrass region of Georgia, located today in the state's southernmost section, once stretched from Savannah to the Ch...

Vince Dooley (b. 1932)

There is perhaps no one person more singularly identified with the University of Georgia (UGA) than Vince Dooley, the architect of the athletic program's modern-day explosive growth and the shep...