Metropolitan Parkway (Atlanta)
Metropolitan Parkway,formerly known asStewart Avenue,is a major thoroughfare through southwesternAtlanta,Georgia.It is signed throughout asUS 19/US 41/SR 3.
Route description[edit]
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Once Metropolitan Parkway reaches Whitehall Street (the southern portion ofPeachtree Street), the parkway turns into Northside Drive northward toMarietta.
Once it reachesHapeville,it is called Dogwood Drive, and it ends at Central Avenue. US 19/US 41/SR 3 continues east down Central Avenue.
Landmarks along the street includeAtlanta Metropolitan College,theStewart-Lakewood shopping center,and theCapitol View Baptist Church.
History[edit]
Metropolitan Parkway was once known as "Stewart Avenue", after one of the street's first inhabitants Andrew P. Stewart. The name was changed in 1997[1]because of the area'sred-light districtreputation, especially forprostitutionactivity inmotels.Despite the name change, prostitution remains a problem in the area.[2][3]
Gallery[edit]
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Town and Country Hotel Courts, Metropolitan Parkway,Perkerson neighborhood,Atlanta -
![Former Capitol View Baptist Church on Metropolitan Parkway, Capitol View Manor neighborhood, Atlanta]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Capitol_View_Baptist_Church.JPG/120px-Capitol_View_Baptist_Church.JPG)
Former Capitol View Baptist Church on Metropolitan Parkway,Capitol View Manorneighborhood, Atlanta]
![Former Capitol View Baptist Church on Metropolitan Parkway, Capitol View Manor neighborhood, Atlanta]](/translate/en.wikipedia.org?u=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ACapitol_View_Baptist_Church.JPG&t=hv)
See also[edit]
Georgia (U.S. state) portal
U.S. Roads portal- Transportation in Atlanta
- List of former Atlanta street names
References[edit]
- ^Reid, S.A. (12 March 1997). "Forget the Alamo Plaza".Atlanta Journal-Constitution.p. 21.
- ^Stuart, Gwynedd (October 13, 2010)."Metropolitan Parkway's prostitution problem turns violent".Creative Loafing Atlanta. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.RetrievedFebruary 27,2020.
- ^Gsdgsd13 (11 April 2006)."The Post-Pessimist Association: Stewart Avenue".
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