Atlanta Magazine
Photograph by John E. McDonald
Want to rub elbows with the likes of Atlanta mayors, civil rights hero C.T. Vivian, singer Janelle Monáe, and top execs such as Coca-Cola’s Carl Ware? Then head to southwest Fulton County and the tony neighborhoods of the Cascade Road corridor. Its glut of luxury spec homes took a hard hit during the recession, when million-dollar homes sometimes sold for less than half price. Now, bidding wars are cropping up, says area real estate agent Regina Crothers.
History
Juan Ponce de León allegedly passed this way along a Native American route that includes today’s Cascade Road. The area was Creek territory until their forced removal in the early nineteenth century, and it was the site of a Confederate Civil War victory. More recently, the area helped desegregate Atlanta suburbs. Black families moved into the originally all-white “Cascade Heights” inspiring more affluent homes farther west. The trend escalated as builders capital