| In the late 1880s, prominent
Atlanta hotel owner Joseph Thompson and his wife built a country estate called
"Brookwood" in this area, and the enclaved Brookwood Hills neighborhood just off
Peachtree in South Buckhead preserves this name as does the Brookwood AMTRAK station, designed by
famed architech Neel Reid. In 1999, all that remained of a once-elegant row
of Brookwood shops, also designed by Reid, was torn down for construction
of Brookwood Place, a development of 111 condominiums, 26 townhomes and
new retail shops. South Buckhead also includes land from
the estate of the pioneering Collier family, whose home was near the present Peachtree
Road-Collier Road intersection, and the old site of "Deerland Park," an estate built in the 1890s where Piedmont Hospital
now stands.
| The 1939 map at right
shows South Buckhead before construction of Atlanta's freeways.
The huge Brookwood interchange, where the Downtown Connector now
splits into Interstates 75 and 85 took a big bite out of this
area, including homes designed by famed architect Neel Reid. The
dark north-south street is Peachtree Road. |
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Today South Buckhead increasingly
is a destination for eclectic shoppers, art enthusiasts and those in pursuit of great food.
Among Sobu's galleries:
Kiang Gallery, 1923 Peachtree
Rd., (404) 351-5477
Kubatana Gallery, 1841
Peachtree Rd., (404) 355-5764
Marcia Wood Gallery, 1831
Peachtree Rd., (404) 351-3930
Sandler Hudson Gallery, 1831-A
Peachtree Rd., (404) 350-8480
Vaknin Schwartz, 1831 Peachtree
Rd., (4040 351-0035
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