Some businesses opened around the intersection of Virginia and N. In 1916 the Arc Light Controversy raged between neighbors on Adair Ave. The majority of the houses and streets in Virginia–Highland were constructed between 19. The first land to be subdivided in what is now Virginia–Highland was Highland Park in the 1890s, located on either side of Ponce de Leon Ave. The Trolley Square Apartments (now "Virginia Highlands Apartments") near Virginia and Monroe were built on the site of trolley maintenance facilities. Highland and Monroe are remnants of the trolley line, which required gentle curves. The iconic curves in the street at the intersections of Virginia Ave. Adair built his home at 964 Rupley Drive (still standing and divided into upscale apartments). At first, patrons used this streetcar line to visit "the countryside" outside the city, and the line stimulated later development in the area. Their first project was the Nine Mile Trolley, which started serving the area sometime between 18. In the 1880s, Georgia Railroad executive Richard Peters and real estate developer George Washington Adair organized the Atlanta Street Railway Company. It is now in common use as a shortened, playful form or in URLs of neighborhood media and organizations (examples are 1902 map of Atlanta's streetcar network including Nine Mile Circle route The term VaHi, imitating the New York style of naming neighborhoods (SoHo, TriBeCa), first was used in the Atlanta newspapers in 1998. The other terms are included in some business names, but are technically incorrect.
However, "Virginia–Highland" is the official name of the neighborhood. With the victory of the anti-highway forces, the Virginia–Highland name stuck and the press started to use it to refer to the entire neighborhood between Amsterdam, Ponce, Piedmont Park and Druid Hills.Īround Atlanta, "Virginia–Highland", "Virginia Highlands" and "the Highlands" are all commonly heard. When Joe Drolet and other residents formed a group to oppose the highway in Fall 1971, they chose the name "Virginia–Highland Civic Association". However, neither term appeared again in the press until the 1970s.ĭuring the revolt against the construction of the I-485 freeway through Morningside and what is now Virginia–Highland, a pro-highway group called themselves the "Highland–Virginia Civic Association", claiming to speak for the neighborhood. Later in the 1920s, southeast of this intersection, the "Virginia Highlands" (with an "s") subdivision was built. Newspaper articles from the early 1920s refer to the "Virginia Highland" section of Atlanta with regard to the area around the intersection of Virginia and Highland avenues. In 2020, Southern Living editors named Virginia–Highland number 4 on their “The South’s Best Neighborhoods” list. In 2012 readers of Creative Loafing voted VaHi "Best Walkable Neighborhood". In 2011 readers of Creative Loafing voted Virginia–Highland "Best Overall Neighborhood." In June 2011, Atlanta Magazine designated Virginia Highland "favorite neighborhood overall". It has become a destination for people across Atlanta with its eclectic mix of restaurants, bars, and shops as well as for the Summerfest festival, annual Tour of Homes and other events.
The neighborhood is famous for its bungalows and other historic houses from the 1910s to the 1930s. It is named after the intersection of Virginia Avenue and North Highland Avenue, the heart of its trendy retail district at the center of the neighborhood.
Virginia–Highland (often nicknamed "VaHi") is an affluent neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, founded in the early 20th century as a streetcar suburb. Lloyd Preacher, Owens James Southwell, Leila Ross Wilburn
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