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This map shows all of the locations of the public schools in Atlanta in 1958

This article describes the downward spiral of the Atlanta Public School system in the 80s when it came to not only enrollment but also test scores.

This resource describes Atlanta before the construction of the Beltline was even considered. It shows pictures of the original railroads and describes their significance to the growth of the city.

The Atlanta Beltline allows new and old parks to connect and overlap to enhance them and to encourage economic development.

Large-scale, sustainable urban development projects can transform surrounding neighborhoods. Without precautionary policies, environmental amenities produced by these projects, such as parks, trails, walkability, and higher-density development, tend…

This map shows the locations of all the public schools in the APS system in the year 2018. Each symbol represents a elementary, middle, or high school in the city limits.

This map shows the locations of all the schools in the APS system in the year 1971.

Here is a photograph of two black, female students being escorted by an unmarked police car on their first day of school at Joseph E. Brown High School in Atlanta, GA on August 30, 1961.

Seen here is Girls' High School in 1925. Though the school started out as a few rooms above a shoe store in the 1870s, it eventually was moved to this building as more and more women enrolled over the years.

Atlanta in 1907, Peach Tree Street and surrounding buildings. The large buildings of the inner city tangibly symbolize Atlanta's population and economic development after the Civil War.