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.
Dr. Charles R. Adams
Physician, politician, and county commissioner, Dr. Charles R. Adams used New Deal relief funds to modernize Fulton County while steering public park investments toward private suburban tracts.
Fulton County Botanical Gardens
In the late 1930s, civic leaders attempted to build a world-class, 459-acre botanical wonderland on Gordon Road, a New Deal dream that was ultimately clear-cut for industrial zoning.