East Atlanta

East Atlanta is a neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. East Atlanta Village, the neighborhood's bohemian commercial center, has been described as a cultural hub of Atlanta, "home to a lively sprinkling of quirky shops, restaurants and nightspots." East Atlanta has been compared to an early version of New York City's Greenwich Village. During the Civil War, Atlanta became a major supply hub of the southern war effort and a major target of the northern war effort. Lemuel P. Grant designed the city's fortifications to protect his plantation on the eastside of the city in what is now Grant Park. General James B. McPherson placed his Yankee forces on high ground a mile east of Grant's plantation, the area today...