Little Five Points (alsoL5P,LFP,Little Five, orLil' Five) is a district on theeast side ofAtlanta,Georgia, United States,2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east ofdowntown. It was established in the early 20th century as thecommercial district for the adjacentInman Park andCandler Park neighborhoods, and has since become famous for thealternative culture it brings to Atlanta. It has been described as Atlanta's version ofHaight-Ashbury, a melting pot of sub-cultures, and thebohemian center of theSouthern United States.[1]
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The name is a reference toFive Points, which is the center of downtown Atlanta. "Little" Five Points refers to theintersection at the center of the neighborhood. Two points are provided byMoreland Avenue (U.S. 23 andGeorgia 42), which runs perfectly north/south, and forms thecounty line dividingFulton andDeKalb. Two points are provided byEuclid Avenue, which runs northeast/southwest. The fifth point was originallySeminole Avenue, which met the intersection from the northwest, but the Seminole point was converted to a plaza and there is no longer a five-point intersection, though some regard McLendon Avenue, extending east from Euclid's southern intersection at Moreland, as the new fifth point.
The firstAtlanta streetcars were constructed just south of the Little Five Points in the 1890s. According to the National Park Service, as the population grew on Atlanta's east side, the area where the trolley lines converged became one of the earliest major regional shopping centers. Little Five Points thrived until the 1960s, when a proposed freeway through the heart of the district drove residents out of the neighborhood.[2]
By the 1970s, Little Five Points had fallen intodisrepair. Arevitalization began asurban pioneers moved into the then-cheap neighborhood and restored theVictorian-style homes. By 1981, local merchants formed the Little Five Points Partnership to continue therestoration and expansion of the retail area, turning what was formerly agas station into the "484 retail area" — several retail shops aligned instrip-mall style.[3]
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Little Five Points is surrounded by theInman Park,Edgewood,Candler Park andPoncey-Highlandneighborhoods of Atlanta. Immediately to the south on Moreland, just through the DeKalb Avenue andGeorgia Railroadunderpass, is the Edgewood Retail District, a late-2000surban infillland development of formerAtlanta Gas Light Company land. This provides the area itsbig-box stores, mostly at the opposite end of the spectrum from the historic Little Five Points. Its smaller shops constructed along Caroline Street, occupied by manychain stores, are done in a small-town "main street" style (withunderground parking), and the entire development is done inbrick, as Little Five Points originally was.
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Little Five Points is renowned for its alternative culture. It is home tometro-wideindie radio stationWRFG FM 89.3 as well as many businesses. The neighborhood is featured in theCartoon Network showClass of 3000 as well as theInternet Girls series of books byLauren Myracle, who mentions several of the businesses in Little Five Points by name.
The Little Five Points Halloween Festival takes place every year on the Saturday ofHalloween. The official L5P Poet used to freestyle poetry in the square and has a mural located in the alleyway between Earthtones and Filthy Wealth; he has not been present in 2014. Local vendors sellarts and crafts and the highlight of the celebration is the Little Five Points Halloween Parade. Theparade features local celebrities,bikers in costume, live music,hearses, several localmarching bands, and manyparade floats that are put together by community action groups and local businesses.[4] Little Five is also the host ofLittle Five Fest, an annual music festival featuring 50-100 local bands spread across multiple venues.Unlike most of Atlanta's neighborhoods, thestreet art in Little Five Points is highly concentrated in a compact easily walked area. Works by internationally known street artists can be found as well as works by local artists. Finding the murals can be a bit of a treasure hunt. Many works of street art are tucked away on the back sides of buildings, in alleyways, and in back parking lots. Both the easily visible and hidden gems of street art in Little Five Points are mapped on theAtlanta Street Art Map.[5]
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