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By the 1960s the entire area was suburban. At that time suburban development encroached from Atlanta to the south, in today's Morningside neighborhood. The area remained agricultural until the early 20th century. Two of these early settlers were Napoleon and Jerome Cheshire, two brothers who owned farms on opposite sides of South Fork of Peachtree Creek, and connected their farms by a bridge known as the Cheshire Bridge, giving the road its name. White settlers originally settled the corridor in the 1820s. 1.2 Possible "cleanup" of Cheshire Bridge.However, new high-density residential developments have become common in recent years and some existing businesses and nightclubs have closed or relocated. In 2005, the Atlanta City Council banned new adult businesses from opening on Cheshire Bridge Road but existing ones were allowed to stay. Since the 2000s, urban redevelopment projects and gentrification have threatened the legacy of the area. The area has been noted as important in the LGBT history of Georgia. Following the massive white flight from Intown Atlanta during the 1970s due to increased desegregation, the corridor became well known for various types of adult entertainment such as sex shops, strip clubs, gay circuit parties, and gay nightclubs that had moved into its abandoned retail spaces. While the corridor was originally settled during the 1800s, it was not until the 1950s and 1960s that it rapidly developed as a suburban commercial center dominated by strip malls.
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Piedmont Avenue / Piedmont Road / Piedmont CircleĬheshire Bridge Road is a mainly north–south thoroughfare of Atlanta, Georgia, USA traversing the Morningside-Lenox Park and Lindridge-Martin Manor neighborhoods from Piedmont Avenue to Buford Highway just north of Interstate 85. Street in Atlanta, Georgia, United States