 ATTRACTIONS  HALLOWEEN "HURRAH" IN LITTLE 5 POINTS The first "Halloween in L5P" event is to be held on Saturday, October 27. The event is sponsored by Newcastle Brown Ale and will feature a small festival and include promotions in local resturants, bars, and retail shops. To top it all off, a halloween parade is scheduled for all the festive "little fivers". The purpose of the event is to highlight the creative diversity of Little Five Points. It all begins at 2pm and will include fortune telling, a pumpkin carving contest, an outdoor organic farmer's market, as well as an organised pagent of sorts, where costumes will be judged for people and dogs as well. The festival will also feature street entertainers. This zany Halloween Parade begins at 5pm and will consist of marching musical units, self-built floats, specialty units, inflatable balloons, and neighborhood celebrities. Displays will include the world famous Seed & Feed marching Abominable, the Atlanta Freedom Marching Band, the Queen of Leather, the Queen of Tattoo, drag queens, punk queens, roller bladers, bicyclers, motorcycle enthusiasts, art cars, and L5P drill teams. Also participating are dancing witches, red devils, ghosts, purple wizards, black cats, and the Queen of Little Five Points on her giant pumkin float. To promote community involvement, all L5P businesses andf B.O.N.D. community residents are encouraged to participate by building there own floats that will be judged by a panel of local artists. Cash prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place winners. The parade
starts at the corner of Austin and Euclid Avenues and it will
end at Euclid and North Avenue near Goldsboro Park. To register
for the parade, call 404-577-4212, or complete a parade application
posted at www.l5phalloween.com.
Applications are also available at participating local merchants
beginning in September. Put on your costume and get down to Little
Five Points! (some of you won't need costumes!) HISTORIC SIGHTS The CARTER CENTER  |
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The Carter Presidential Library houses the museum of the Jimmy Carter
Library and features exhibits, interactive video programs, and films
that illustrate and track the modern development and career of President
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. Located only a short walk from Little Five Points, The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library is an international center for peace. It resides on a beautiful and serene 30-acre hilltop just east of downtown. Officially in Inman Park, the Center contains the 27 million official documents, 1.5 million photographs, 900 hours of video and audiotapes, and 40,000 gifts collected through the term of President Jimmy Carter. The knoll on which the center is situated is one of the highest elevations in the city and overlooks one of the best views of Atlanta.Interestingly, General William T. Sherman directed the battle of Atlanta from this very hill, Copenhill. The center is adjacent to the Freedom Parkway which carries local traffic to the I-75 and I-85 Interstate Exchange at International Boulevard. Freedom Parkway ends at both Ponce de Leon Avenue and Moreland Avenue. Inner cities bicycle PATH transverses the landscaped center. The path is usually quite busy with joggers and bikers on a sunny day. The Center is cared for and owned by the National Archives. The Center opens daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Years Day. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 a.m. - Monday through Saturday. Noon to 5 p.m. - Sundays. A donation of $2.50 is requested of persons 18 and older. |
