In 1985, Buckhead Village adherents made a cheesy video about the experience-“One Night in Buckhead,” set to the music of “One Night in Bangkok”-that still lingers like a dad joke on YouTube.īut then everything-at least according to Buckhead leadership at the time-got a little too wild.Īn incident involving NFL legend Ray Lewis in 2000-during which two men were fatally stabbed following the Georgia Dome’s last Super Bowl-was probably the nadir. For those who loved Buckhead’s former party spirit, it may have been shocking, but the district’s downfall was not sudden.Ĭarter himself had once described the core Buckhead Village to the New York Times as “Bourbon Street at the entrance to Bel Air.” A generation flocked to the area around Peachtree and Pharr roads for boundless nightlife options that didn’t close until the wee hours. The dawn of a highly refined retail and lifestyle district, they said, had arrived. In the August heat, they pronounced Buckhead’s wild days dead, by bulldozer decree. The final nail in the coffin for Buckhead's reputation as a raucous, all-night party zone came in 2007, when dignitaries including then-Mayor Shirley Franklin, homegrown developer Ben Carter, and even a famed sculptor gathered next to cranes and backhoes in Buckhead Village. via Buckhead CoalitionĪnd then it all officially ended, 15 years ago. Vintage scenes from around the raucous Buckhead Village that was.
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