During the War between the States, the southern
portion of PBA served as a major battleground for the City of Atlanta. Of the four battles fought in
defense of Atlanta, the Battle of Peachtree Creek on July 20, 1864, was one of the most vicious. [read more]
The 1920s saw intensive nationwide advertising of Atlanta's climate,
labor supply, and natural resources. From 1926 to 1929, Atlanta attracted 760 new businesses, employing more than 20,000 people
and paying more than $34 million in annual wages. The city was coming into its own as a distribution center and "branch
office" town. Downtown residential areas were being swallowed
by commerce. Block by block, the old houses fell to make way for new commercial buildings. Residential development moved out in all directions.
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In the early 1990s the Peachtree Battle AllianceBoard of Directors commissioned portrait artist and long-time neighborhood resident,
Comer Jennings, to design an emblem suitable for representing the PBA neighborhood.
Comer graciously accepted the challenge and presented several excellent designs to the PBA Board members. [read more]
The
Atlanta Committee for the Centennial Olympic Games selected the PBA neighborhood as part of the course
for the Women’s and Men’s Road Race Cycling events.On July 21, 1996 at 11:00 AM and on
July 31, 1996 at 8:30 AM women and men cyclists, respectively, raced on tree-lined streets and were cheered on by neighbors
who, for the first time in neighborhood history, did not complain of traffic exceeding the posted speed limits of 25 and 35
miles per hour.