Cynthia Rintye 

You could say that Inman Park is Atlanta's first transit-oriented development.  

Joel Hurt, an important Atlanta entrepreneur, started Inman Park, which is three miles from downtown Atlanta, in the 1880s.

Back in the 1880s, three miles is a REALLY long distance, because the primary mode of transportation in cities is your own two feet.  

However, Joel Hurt also owned a streetcar line.

So, Hurt created Edgewood Avenue.  It starts at the very heart of downtown and ends three miles east in Inman Park.   Then, Hurt laid down streetcar tracks the length of Edgewood.

It's brilliant vertical integration.  His streetcar made it possible for Inman Park to be a place to live and Inman Park gave Hurt passengers for his streetcar.  Transit-oriented development.

The trolley barn, built in 1889 still exists and is now used as an events facility.  

Have you ever been to a wedding there?  I have.  My own!

Beautiful Victorian homes line Edgewood and other streets.  

There’s a lot more history of the place and it’s fascinating.  Not just it’s rise and fall and then rebirth as a fabulous place to live, but it’s “prehistory”.  

Did you know that much of the fighting of the Battle of Atlanta back on July 22, 1864, happened in what would later become Inman Park?

Inman Park, Atlanta's first suburb, is a must to visit.  

Contact me for a private tour. 

 Inman Park Trolley Barn

Beath-Dickey House, Eculid Avenue