Krog street tunnel12/21/2023 And t oday, tensions remain readily apparent between the newcomers, the homeowners and renters who have called this their neighborhood for generations, and the gangs who still claim Cabbagetown as their turf. By the early-2000s the neighborhood was well into the gentrification process. As townhouses and lofts began to emerge so did the yuppie presence. Then came the private real estate developers. In the late 1980s, local artists, grassroots activists, and urban farmers started moving in. When the mill shut down about a century later, the neighborhood began to decline. Cabbagetown was originally built in the late 1880’s to house the people who worked at the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill. It’s funky, hippy, yuppie, artsy, racially diverse (yet racially bounded), run-down, and revitalized. Like the tunnel itself, Cabbagetown is a mosaic of contradictory landscapes. But few people who come to Atlanta for conferences or for tourist purposes ever get to experience this palimpsest - all they see is the antiseptic, Starbucks-littered Midtown Business District. The result is a mosaic of layer upon layer of organic street art and speak. The tunnel is covered in graffiti, political statements, event announcements, gang symbols, and murals, all of which are constantly changing. Posted by Chelsea McKee, CABBAGETOWN, ATLANTA, GA – The Krog Street Tunnel is a small, unique Atlanta landmark, located at the junction of the Old Fourth Ward and Cabbagetown neighborhoods.
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