East Atlanta
East Atlanta is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta. East Atlanta Village, the neighborhood's bohemian commercial center, has been described as a cultural hub of Atlanta, "home to a lively sprinkling of quirky shops, restaurants and nightspots." East Atlanta has been compared to an early version of New York City's Greenwich Village.
Climbing out of a long period of steady decline, this is the latest addition to a growing list of gentrified Atlanta neighborhoods. As elsewhere, the process in East Atlanta is a slow one, and even as a solid collection of shops and restaurants gains a foothold in the blocks around the intersection of Flat Shoals and Glenwood Avenues, most of the surrounding area continues to struggle. Visitors to the area should not stray too far from the central business district, although its relatively safe and continually improving as more and more youngsters who can't stomach the price tags in Inman Park or Little Five Points buy up the areas modest housing.
