Bankhead is an Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta. It's surrounded by Grove Park

Grove Park (Atlanta)

Grove Park is a northwest Atlanta, inside-the-perimeter neighborhood bounded by:* Center Hill on the west* Dixie Hills, West Lake, and Hunter Hills on the south* Bankhead on the east* Almond Park, West Highlands and Rockdale to the north- History :...

 to the west, Washington Park

Washington Park (Atlanta)

Washington Park is a historically black neighborhood in northwest Atlanta encompassing historic residential, commercial, and community landmark buildings. It is situated two miles west of the central business district of Atlanta. The combination of gridiron and curvilinear streets is a result of...

 and Hunter Hills

Hunter Hills

Hunter Hills is a neighborhood located west of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its motto, "One Community, One Family", has been its cornerstone since 2001. The neighborhood is encompassed in the 30314 zip code. Hunter Hills shares borders with Mozley Park, Dixie Hills and West Lake...

 to the South, Midtown West

Midtown West

West Midtown is an urban district in Atlanta, Georgia, just west of Midtown. Its borders are Collier Road and I-75 to the north, Northside Drive and Tech Parkway to the east, North Avenue, Northside Drive, and Hollowell Parkway to the south, and Marietta Boulevard to the west. West Midtown does not...

 to the East and Northeast (Hills Park, Knight Park

Howell Station

Knight Park-Howell Station, also known as Howell Station Historic District orKnight Park Historic District, is a historic neighborhood in West Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia. Almost all buildings in the area were destroyed in the American Civil War, in Sherman's March to the Sea, so all buildings in...

, English Avenue

English Avenue (Atlanta)

The English Avenue is a neighborhood of Atlanta just west of the Georgia Dome and Downtown Atlanta. It is bordered:* on the east by Gray St., the Southern Railway North Avenue Yards Historic District and Downtown Atlanta...

 and Blandtown). It is also flanked by Rockdale to the Northwest. At its center is MARTA

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA is the principal rapid-transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the ninth-largest in the United States. Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting...

's Bankhead

Bankhead (MARTA station)

Bankhead is an elevated metro station in the MARTA rail system and the western terminus of the Green Line , which was originally planned to serve points north beyond Bankhead such as Perry Homes. It is the only station served exclusively by the Green Line. This stations primarily serves the...

 station and the city's Maddox Park

Maddox Park

Maddox Park is a community park located in the west side of Atlanta , across Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway from Bankhead MARTA station. It is approximately west of Georgia Tech. The park has an existing rail line running through it, which is part of the proposed route of the Belt Line...

. The B.E.S.T. Academy

The B.E.S.T. Academy

The B.E.S.T. Academy at Benjamin S. Carson was opened in Atlanta, Georgia in August of 2007. For a short time the academy was simply referred to as "the boys' single gender academy," but was later named by its first principal, Curt R. Green in honor of the renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin S....

, Grove Park Elementary, A.D. Williams Elementary School, Carter G. Woodson

Carter G. Woodson

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 Elementary School, Alfred Blalock Elementary School, and Frederick Douglass High School, are the neighborhood schools.

The neighborhood's name comes from the Bankhead Highway

Bankhead Highway

The Bankhead Highway was a United States cross-country automobile highway connecting Washington, D.C. and San Diego. It was part of the National Auto Trail system. The road was named for Alabama politician John Hollis Bankhead, a leader in the early national road building movement. In later years,...

, a thoroughfare that has since been renamed the Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway (for a famed civil rights attorney who lived near Bankhead in the nearby Historic Collier Heights

Collier Heights

Collier Heights, commonly referred to as "The Historic Collier", is a neighborhood in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, nestled in the southwest corner of Atlanta. Collier Heights is bordered to the west by Fairburn Road, the east by Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, the north by Donald L. Hollowell Highway,...

 neighborhood).

The boundaries of Bankhead are: Jefferson Street to the North (a few blocks North of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway), Joseph E. Boone Blvd to the South, Joseph E. Lowery Blvd to the East and Chappell Rd to the West. In the future, the Westside Park

Westside Park

Westside Park is a proposed park in the City of Atlanta to be located on the site of the former Bellwood Quarry. The land, which had been owned by Fulton County, is currently in a long term lease to Vulcan Materials...

 at the former Bellwood Quarry

Bellwood Quarry

Bellwood Quarry is a former quarry located in Atlanta, Georgia between Johnson Rd. and Donald Lee Hollowell Highway, and between Bankhead and Midtown West. It is slated to be turned into a lake for the future Westside Park...

 

Culture

The Bankhead neighborhood has also been the location of one movie, partially filmed at the abandoned school building by Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and English Avenue. Bankhead is also the former home to artists T.I.

T.I.

Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. , better known by his stage name T.I., is an American rap artist, film and music producer, actor and author. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer of Grand Hustle Records....

, Young Dro

Young Dro

D'Juan Hart , better known as Young Dro is an American Southern rapper from Bankhead, Georgia. He performed as Dro from 2000 until he signed to Grand Hustle Records in 2006, when he became known as Young Dro.- Discography :...

, P$C

P$C

P$C, or Pimp Squad Click, is an American Southern rap group from Atlanta, Georgia.-Biography:Formed by rapper T.I. and his longtime companions Big Kuntry King,C-Rod, AK & Mac Boney. All of the members are signed to Grand Hustle Records, as well as the group...

, Dem Franchize Boyz

Dem Franchize Boyz

Dem Franchize Boyz was a Southern Rap group from Atlanta signed to E1 Music. The group comprises four members: Parlae , Pimpin' , Jizzal Man , and Buddie .-History:...

, Governor

Governor

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, Unk

Unk

Anthony Platt , commonly known as Unk, is a DJ/rapper. He began spinning records in 1998. After meeting DJ Jelly and DJ Montay, he joined their DJ entourage, the Southern Style DJs. They performed for high school parties, proms, pep rallies, and other events around the state of Georgia. In 2000...

, Peanut, Charlay, Shop Boyz

Shop Boyz

The Shop Boyz are an Atlanta-based hip hop group, originating from the Kings Glen Trail in Decatur.They relocated to Des Plaines, Illinois during the early nineties. They are most known for their single "Party Like a Rockstar" from their debut album Rockstar Mentality...

, Shawty Lo

Shawty Lo

Carlos Walker , better known by his stage name Shawty Lo, is an American rapper, founder of D4L Records, and member of hip hop group D4L. His first solo album, Units in the City, was released on February 26, 2008...

 and D4L

D4L

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.

The 1990s Bankhead Bounce

Bankhead Bounce

The Bankhead Bounce is a dance that originated in a neighborhood on the west side of Atlanta known as Bankhead. The dance was popularized by a song of the same name, released in 1995 by rapper L. Atkins, featuring D-Roc and by the video for the song, "Benz or Beamer" by Outkast from the New Jersey...

 dance, performed by Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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 at the 1995 MTV Music Video Awards, was named after the neighborhood.

Gentrification

Some revitalization has begun in the area with projects such as the English Avenue Yards, which houses an artist community consisting of approximately 20 studio spaces, the workshop for the Alliance Theatre Company

Alliance Theatre Company

The Alliance Theatre is a theater company in Atlanta, Georgia based at the Alliance Theatre, part of the Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center and is the winner of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award. The company, originally the Atlanta Municipal Theatre, staged its first production at the Alliance in...

, Atlanta Ballet

Atlanta Ballet

Atlanta Ballet is a ballet company, located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the nation’s longest continuously performing ballet company and the State Ballet of Georgia.- History :...

 and Atlanta Opera. In addition, new lofts are scheduled to be built by Donald Lee Hollowell Pkwy and Oliver Street, as well as a new Shell gas station that is currently under construction across the street.

See also

• Atlanta

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