Little Five Points (also L5P , LFP , Little Five , or Lil' Five ) is a district on the east side of Atlanta , Georgia , United States, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) east of downtown . It was established in the early 20th century as the commercial district for the adjacent Inman Park and Candler Park neighborhoods, and has since become famous for the alternative culture it brings to Atlanta. It has been described as Atlanta's version of Haight-Ashbury , a melting pot of sub-cultures, and the bohemian center of the Southern United States .
17-429: The name is a reference to Five Points , which is the center of downtown Atlanta. "Little" Five Points refers to the intersection at the center of the neighborhood. Two points are provided by Moreland Avenue ( U.S. 23 and Georgia 42 ), which runs perfectly north/south, and forms the county line dividing Fulton and DeKalb . Two points are provided by Euclid Avenue, which runs northeast/southwest. The fifth point
34-603: A small-town " main street " style (with underground parking ), and the entire development is done in brick , as Little Five Points originally was. Little Five Points is renowned for its alternative culture. It is home to metro - wide indie radio station WRFG FM 89.3 as well as many businesses. The neighborhood is featured in the Cartoon Network show Class of 3000 as well as the Internet Girls series of books by Lauren Myracle , who mentions several of
51-412: Is a district of Atlanta, Georgia , United States , the primary reference for the downtown area. The name refers to the convergence of Marietta Street, Edgewood Avenue, Decatur Street, and two legs of Peachtree Street (the south-southwestern leg was originally Whitehall Street, before a section of Whitehall was renamed as an extension of Peachtree Street to give businesses south of Five Points
68-553: Is also the host of weekly musical meditation open house every Friday evening at the Govinda’s vegan cafe. [1] Little Five Points is one of Atlanta's best neighborhoods for viewing street art. Unlike most of Atlanta's neighborhoods, the street 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
85-512: 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. By the 1970s, Little Five Points had fallen into disrepair . A revitalization began as urban pioneers moved into
102-556: The bottom of the sign gives the current time and temperature. At the other corners of Five Points are located: Woodruff Park (northeast); the William-Oliver Building (northwest); Georgia State University 's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (southwest); and a parking garage (southeast). On a triangular island in the intersection stands the George Beasley sculpture Five Points Monument , alluding to
119-563: The businesses in Little Five Points by name. Little Five points is home to the Little Five Points Halloween Festival , which takes place every year on the Saturday of Halloween . 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 sell arts and crafts and the highlight of
136-530: The celebration is the Little Five Points Halloween Parade. The parade features local celebrities, bikers in costume, live music, hearses , several local marching bands , and many parade floats that are put together by community action groups and local businesses. Little Five is also the host of Little Five Fest , which is an annual music festival featuring 50-100 local bands spread across multiple venues. Little Five Points
153-535: The development of shopping malls, the economic and demographic center of Atlanta shifted northward, and Five Points went into decay. By the 21st century, the area was revitalizing, mostly due to the expansion of Georgia State University , which maintains a large footprint in Five Points. 33°45′16″N 84°23′23″W / 33.75432°N 84.38979°W / 33.75432; -84.38979 Parade float Too Many Requests If you report this error to
170-506: The intersection, between Peachtree Street and Edgewood Avenue. The Five Points MARTA station is one block south of the intersection on Peachtree Street. A large round Coca-Cola sign overlooks Five Points, atop the Olympia Building on the east side of the intersection between Edgewood Avenue and Decatur Avenue. The nearly 50-foot tall sign has a 33-foot lighted neon face and faces up and down Peachtree Street. A lighted portion at
187-415: The location of Atlanta's first mayoral election. Moses Formwalt became Atlanta's first mayor, defeating Jonathan Norcross . In 1875, Atlanta's drinking water system began with the construction of three artesian wells at Five Points. The system delivered water to Atlanta's residents via wooden pipes. Until the 1960s, Five Points represented the central hub of Atlanta. With the advent of urban sprawl and
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#1732791422036204-517: 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 the Atlanta Street Art Map . 33°45′56″N 84°20′57″W / 33.765511°N 84.349122°W / 33.765511; -84.349122 Five Points (Atlanta) Five Points
221-414: The prestige of a Peachtree Street address). Five Points is usually considered by Atlantans to be the center of town, and it is the origin of the street addressing system for the city and county, although four of the streets (except Edgewood) are rotated at least 30° clockwise from their nominal directions, along with the rest of the downtown street grid . Woodruff Park is on the northeast corner of
238-577: The south on Moreland, just through the DeKalb Avenue and Georgia Railroad underpass , is the Edgewood Retail District, a late-2000s urban infill land development of former Atlanta Gas Light Company land. This provides the area its big-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 many chain stores , are done in
255-683: The then-cheap neighborhood and restored the Victorian-style homes. By 1981, local merchants formed the Little Five Points Partnership to continue the restoration and expansion of the retail area, turning what was formerly a gas station into the "484 retail area" — several retail shops aligned in strip-mall style. Little Five Points is surrounded by the Inman Park , Edgewood , Candler Park and Poncey-Highland neighborhoods of Atlanta . Immediately to
272-589: The water tower formerly standing on the spot as well as the streetcar tracks that once existed in the intersection. Prior to the arrival of white settlers , Five Points was the intersection of two Creek Indian trails, the Peachtree Trail and the Sandtown Trail. In 1845, George Washington Collier opened a grocery store at what is now Five Points, and the store later served as Atlanta's first post office in 1846. In 1848, Five Points served as
289-472: Was originally Seminole 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 first Atlanta streetcars were constructed just south of the Little Five Points in the 1890s. According to
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