Southwest Connector Expressway / Langhorn Street Exit
Conceived in the 1960s to cure traffic strangulation, the Southwest Connector faced fierce community pushback before being truncated into the Langhorn Street exit.
Cascade Heights Post Office
From its 1949 storefront origins to its 1969 International Style facility, the Cascade Heights Post Office has anchored the community for decades.
Cascade Complete Streets Project
The $33M Cascade Complete Streets project became a grueling, decade-long battle where municipal Vision Zero safety goals surrendered to political pressure.
Delowe Drive SW
Originally named to honor civic matriarch D. Lowe Wilson Pitts for her 1930s beautification of Cascade Rd, this street was phonetically merged into “Delowe Dr.”
Fire Station No. 25
Built in 1949 to protect Atlanta’s postwar suburbs, Fire Station No. 25 survived annexations and budget cuts before its modern rebirth on Benjamin E. Mays Drive.
Great Southwest Open-Air Sculpture Museum
In 1968, developers commissioned a massive collection of contemporary sculptures to line the Fulton Industrial District, creating a forgotten open-air museum.
Cascade Mutual Utilities Corporation
When corporate power monopolies refused to electrify the rural fringes of Southwest Atlanta in 1920, local residents organized their own grassroots utility.
Fulton Industrial District
Stretching along the Chattahoochee River, the Fulton Industrial District conceals a layered history, from ancient Sandtown to a lost 1960s art park.