People, business and culture have converged in Midtown to make it an authentic live-work-play cosmopolitan center. With a personality all its own, Midtown provides world-class amenities in a truly walkable environment. The demand for city living and Midtown’s booming condominium development have made it one of the fastest growing four-square-mile areas in the country. This urbane neighborhood includes old and new, hip and historic, from bungalow to skyscraper. The 2008 Midtown Tour of Homes showcases the birth of this cosmopolitan neighborhood. Our presenting sponsor, Morris & Raper InTown, gives you
"The Essence of Midtown."

The 2008 Midtown Tour includes homes between Peachtree Street and Penn Avenue, and 7th and 14th Streets, each street offering a different type of architecture and ambiance to the neighborhood.

Piedmont Avenue was where upwardly mobile Atlanta residents wanted to build their homes in the last decade before the 20th century. That decade saw home after home go up along both sides of Piedmont, often designed by some of the most prominent local architects in the popular styles of the day. Myrtle Street saw most of its development during the years between 1905 and 1920. This street features homes which are less elaborate than are those on Piedmont. Penn Avenue is a street of duplexes and bungalows, most of which were built in the early 1920s.

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Yet, we’ve only just begun. The history of the community includes the hip Peachtree Street corridor. From Ralph McGill Boulevard on the south to I-85 on the north, a “vertical neighborhood” of condominium, apartment and loft-style developments is being created amid the signature office towers and cultural icons of Midtown’s commercial core. Planned high-rise condominium developments, with urban amenities like restaurants, shops and arts venues within easy and accessible walking distance, will be adding to our ever-evolving neighborhood that showcases Atlanta urban living at its best.