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 electrical utility along Cascade Road.
Fulton Industrial District
Stretching along the Chattahoochee River, the Fulton Industrial District conceals a layered history beneath its warehouses, from the ancient indigenous capital of Sandtown and brutal convict labor camps to the forgotten 1960s open-air sculpture museum.
Holy Family and Southwest Community Hospital
From a 1941 Catholic clinic to the first hospital in the Southeast to integrate its medical staff, Holy Family was a cornerstone of Black healthcare. In 1972, the Fairburn Road campus became the center of a national crisis following a bitter labor strike and the shooting of two civil rights leaders.