Forrest Shoe Shop

Collection:

Boyd Lewis Photographs

Creator:

Lewis, Boyd, 1944-

Date:

1969/1989

URL at Partner site:

http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/byd/id/2642

DLG URL:

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/geh_byd_2642

Subject:

Abandoned buildings--Georgia--Atlanta, Historic buildings--Georgia--Atlanta, Houses--Georgia--Atlanta, Neighborhoods--Georgia--Atlanta, Stores and shops--Georgia--Atlanta, Signs (Notices)--Georgia--Atlanta, Urban renewal, and Forrest Shoe Shop (Atlanta, Ga.)

Spatial coverage:

United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798, United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Buttermilk Bottoms, 33.748995, -84.387982, United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Forrest Avenue, 33.814032, -84.471765, and United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Ralph McGill Boulevard, 33.763941, -84.369583

Medium:

black-and-white photographs

Description:

View of the abandoned Forrest Shoe Shop that had occupied a historic house on Forrest Avenue (now Ralph McGill Boulevard) in the Buttermilk Bottom neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, but was forced to move out because of an impending urban renewal project in the area. Historical information about the Forrest Shoe Shop has not been determined.

Holding Institution:

Atlanta History Center

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/