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Preservation Center twilight tour of the Historic Midtown neighborhood first Thursday of the month at 6:30 for $10. Meet on the sidewalk in front of the Ivy Hall on Piedmont Avenue between North and Ponce de Leon Avenues. See their website for reservations.
 
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Written by trainiac   
Monday, 16 November 2009

Ran across an outstanding paper on the history of Ponce Springs from the early days when the streetcar first went there in the 1870's through the amusement park days ending in the 1920's. Highly recommended work by Sarah Toton for Southern Spaces:
 

Wading in Ponce Springs in 1890

 

Link to essay

 
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