Old Fourth Ward

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Old Fourth Ward is a historically diverse community located east of downtown, west of Poncey-Highland and Inman Park neighborhoods, and south of the Midtown neighborhood. The neighborhood was the original home of Morris Brown College and Clark College and later Clark Atlanta University. ^[1] It is a smaller version of the historic Fourth Ward political area in place until the 1950s when the city changed to a district system.

[edit] References

1. ^ New Georgia Encyclopedia: Atlanta

Old Fourth Ward is a historically diverse community located east of downtown, west of Poncey-Highland and Inman Park neighborhoods, and south of the Midtown neighborhood. The neighborhood was the original home of Morris Brown College and Clark College and later Clark Atlanta University. [1] It is a smaller version of the historic Fourth Ward political area in place until the 1950s when the city changed to a district system.

Today, Atlanta's fourth ward is the most crime ridden section of Atlanta. Problems such as Gangs, prostitution, Drugs, and Infestation. The Area is under close survelliance by Atlanta's police department, though shows no sign if getting better. Acorn Projects in the fourth Ward seem to be the source of the violence, and the disputes between other areas of Atlanta seem to be the factors that make the fourth ward the most crime ridden section of Atlanta to this present day.

Problems also started during the 1980's in the Patridge Donald(P-Docs)area due to Drugs and continues to this day. Certain streets in Atlanta's fourth Ward are under APD watch such as Bishop Ave, Birch, lale Ave, and Troy Way

[edit] External links

• Old Fourth Ward Information Website

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