Made ATL

West Midtown has some of the most visible histories in Atlanta, the well-known King Plow (Arts Center) being a perfect example. Industrial since it’s inception, this was where General Sherman arrived to begin his March to the Sea. It’s also where one of the first black settlements was located, named after the freed slave who purchased the land, Samuel Bland. In the 1950’s the area was rezoned from residential to commercial, in an attempt to push out black neighbors and quell their voting rights. The name Blandtown is never referenced. Looking at the neighborhood today, you can see they were successful. Artist Gregor Turk houses his studio in one of the last (if not THE last) standing historical homes in the neighborhood, swipe to see his ongoing protest against developers and history-erasing-gentrification, smack in the middle of it all. Love it.
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