Atlanta’s oldest industrial settlement, the area known as Factory Lot was built circa 1885 to support labor at the Fulton Cotton Mill. For over a hundred years, generations of mill workers lived, loved, and would not be moved from this tiny mountain enclave a mile & a half from the Gold Dome. Musicians from Fiddlin’ John Carson to Cat Power haunted these narrow one way streets, and the neighborhood honors its legacy by continuing to foster an enthusiastic arts patronage, as well as the annual Chomp & Stomp Chili Festival that brings a little hillbilly string music back to the vibrant shotgun shacks and Victorian cottages.
Cabbagetown is a historic district listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (wikipedia), and building codes are subject to the jurisdiction of the Urban Design Commission’s Cabbagetown Landmark District regulations. The neighborhood had gentrified dramatically, but a handful of original families continue to live in their ancestral homes.
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Our favorite books about Cabbagetown:
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Cabbagetown USA: www.cabbagetown.com
The Patch Works Art & History Center: thepatchworks.org
The *other* Cabbagetown is pretty interesting and cool too. Judging by their URL, I guess they’re cool with it if we call them Cabbagetown 2. We once watched a sheep dog demonstration at their working urban farm, had a pint at the HOP, and bothered the BIA guy with our chili story:
cabbagetownto.com