WEST END ATLANTA

Welcome to West End Historic District of Atlanta  The Oldest Neighborhood in Atlanta. Established in 1835.

               The story of West End [...] is more than that of an instant suburb; it is an account of the gradual metamorphosis of a crossroads community which predated Atlanta into a separate suburban town in the 1870s and 1880s. Then as Atlanta continued its outward sprawl, West End was swallowed up and, in 1894, was annexed as the seventh ward of the city. As newer suburbs appeared beyond the nineteenth-century settlements, West End became an inner-city community. In the last generation, West End has been the site of massive changes wrought by urban renewal, expressway construction, and rapid-rail building; by wholesale racial change; and by residential restoration and revitalization.  

Source : Timothy J. Crimmons The Atlanta Historic Journal, 1982, 34.

West End has like many other in-town neighborhoods experienced a period of decline. That is changing!  Many people have realized West End is a prime location for a home and a business.  Travel time to the busiest airport in the United States is 12 minutes, the neighborhood is 5 minutes from downtown and for sport fans, the Georgia Dome is 3 minutes away..

If that is not enough, it has one of the most active neighborhood associations on the southwest side of Atlanta, which has protected original architecture of most of the homes.

The city of Atlanta has also noticed the potential of the West End.  West End was chosen to be the first section of the 33 mile beltline trail that will connect Atlanta neighborhoods.  The West End trail will include an arboretum and is the “model mile” for the 22 mile arboretum that will follow the beltline corridor. The arboretum will be the longest linear arboretum in the world. Plants native to West End will be identified through granite markers and other plaques. The plaques will identify the various trees and the role they play in preserving Atlanta’s environment.

As gas prices increase West End becomes more attractive.  It is a self contained neighborhood. You can walk to banks, shopping, theater, post office and many other things.  Last but not least you can walk to MARTA!