Castleberry Hill

CHNA Membership Deadline- May 20

Gina — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:50 +0000

ATTENTION BUSINESSES

The deadline for CHNA membership is May 20th. Paid members will be included on the website, A rt Stroll page and maps. This is a great way to advertise your business and it supports the neighborhood!

Due to printing deadlines and the prep work involved, May 20th will be the last opportunity to pay for membership.

You may pay online or at the general meeting on Monday, May 20th.

CHNA General Meeting, May 20

Gina — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:58:08 +0000

The CHNA general meeting will be held on May 20th @ 7:00pm in the Granite Room, 211 Peters Street SW. Afterwards, No Mas! will host the social. Enjoy $5 Small Plate specials on the patio and the No Mas! Margaritas, Mojitos, & Passion Picantes will only be $8!

Find out more about the meetings, including the minutes and agenda for the past and current month here.

Castleberry Hill Yard Sale – June 1st

cre8ive — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:44:13 +0000

On Saturday, June 1st from 9am-3pm in the parking lot across from Atlanta Fire Station #1 and Elliott Street Pub will be the 2013 Community Yard Sale!

Bring your table and goods to sell or bring your cash to buy, but make sure to spread the word and come out for a great day! We are asking for 10% of your profits to be donated to the neighborhood association for continued beautification efforts.

Elliott Street Pub will have beer and hot dogs are sale, which will surely make it even better!

Direct questions to info@castleberryhill.org.

April 13th Clean Up a Success!

cre8ive — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:50:03 +0000

Huge “thank you” to those residents and businesses owners who attended the clean up on April 13th. We as a community have to ensure that we own Castleberry Hill and keep it picked up, that means everyday…pick up after your dog, pick up trash around your building and in the empty lot next door to you, get rid of the graffiti on the downspouts and dumpsters…CLEAN IT UP!

D2 City Councilmember Kwanza Hall and D4 representative Marshall Thomas from Cleta Winslows’ office were instrumental in getting things cleaned up this weekend. We had Atlanta Public Works, inmate crews, a street sweeper, dumpster and trash truck and in case you haven’t noticed everything looks great!

Rehabilitation of the Spring Street Bridge, Detour Meeting 4/16

Gina — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:18:38 +0000

Detour Meeting, April 16th

Rehabilitation of the Spring Street bridge over the CSX Railroad will start soon (date not determined). During the rehab, Spring Street will be closed between Alabama and Marietta. In Castleberry, it will affect MLK to Marietta.

What: Detour Meeting

When: April 16, 5pm-7pm

Where: Mt Vernon Baptist Church, 441 MLK Jr. Drive

More info

Map

Proposed New Atlanta Stadium

chnaadmin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:57:54 +0000

We are currently collecting feedback from the impacted areas and surrounding communities regarding the proposed new Atlanta stadium on the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) property, which includes the Georgia Dome and Convention Center. Your responses are very important and will be used to develop a strategy to revitalize downtown neighborhoods in the vicinity of this facility.

Click here for survey: http://surveymonkey.com/s/proposedstadium

GWCC Authority Stadium Developments: https://www.gwcc.com/about/stadium/Default.aspx

Atlanta Falcons – New Atlanta Stadium: http://newatlantastadium.com/

Flux Night 2013

chnaadmin — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:18:22 +0000

On October 5th, Atlanta’s fourth annual night of art + experimentation, returns to the Castleberry Hill Arts District. This year’s event is curated by Helena Reckitt, an internationally respected curator and critic.

FLUX NIGHT 2013

a night of art + experimentation

Saturday, October 5
7 pm to midnight
Castleberry Hill Arts District

Call for Proposals

Reckitt’s curatorial theme, Free Association, evokes the pleasure of mixing and mingling at street level that is central to Flux Night, and that car-centric Atlanta does not always afford. It also points to the strong history of digital art and collective activity within the city.

Flux Night 2013 will have two categories of projects: curated projects selected directly by Reckitt and proposed projects selected from an open call for proposals by a committee that will include Reckitt along with Flux Projects staff and board.

Artists may review the call for proposals and submit projects through CaFÉ (Call for Entry, callforentry.org ). details + application

Historic Landmark District

chnaadmin — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:58:53 +0000

Castleberry Hill is a historic creative neighborhood in Downtown Atlanta located adjacent to and southwest of the Central Business District and GA Dome/GWCC complex. Bordered by MLK Jr. Dr, Spring St, Whitehall and Northside Dr, it is a federally recognized historic district since 1985 and became a City of Atlanta Landmark District, the 8th such designation, in 2006. A designated ‘landmark’ district’ helps preserve the neighborhood from overzealous developers.

This area was originally part of the renegade Snake Nation community but by the Civil War was becoming industrial with terra cotta and other building material factories, cotton warehousing and grocers, one of whom, Daniel Castleberry, it is named for. By the early 1900s it had fallen on hard times where it remained until the 1980s where it was the backdrop for dystopic films such as Freejack and Kalifornia. Additionally, Driving Miss Daisy was filmed in the neighborhood as well as the Farrelly Brothers comedy Hall Pass, The Walking Dead and many Tyler Perry films. Production companies often choose Castleberry Hill as a backdrop due to the historic quality and New York-style loft living. Loft conversions began in the 80s and by 1992 there were 120 lofts with 150 residents, the 1996 Olympics saw another influx of development. The population has grown considerably since then.

Businesses of CH

cre8ive — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:44:29 +0000

The list of businesses in Castleberry Hill continues to grow. Many of the original businesses, such as No Mas! Cantina and the Marcia Wood Gallery are here and welcoming guests during the 2nd Friday Art Stroll and most other days. Relatively new additions such as Wine Shoe and Boxcar Grocer have become staples in the neighborhood and residents rely heavily on and help encourage their continued success.

The Railroad

chnaadmin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:01:00 +0000

As Atlanta grew after the Civil War from a newly chartered city to a regional rail distribution center, so did Castleberry Hill. The area began as a residential district with Peters Street functioning as a trade and commercial strip supporting adjacent residential areas as well as the railroad-related businesses. As a business center, Peters Street received a boost in 1871 when the first horse-drawn trolley line in Atlanta was routed along it. In 1878, the City Directory lists laborers, clerks, carpenters, saloon keepers, weavers, tailors, grocers, butchers, blacksmiths, cabinet makers and other occupations typical of the pattern of the era of living within walking distance of work. The principal community facilities were the Walker Street School and fire station on the corner of West Fair and Bradberry Streets. A wooden trestle bridge on Nelson Street, likely the first in the city, was the only street in the district over passing the railroad (all other crossings were at grade). Another trolley line crossed this bridge.