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Street Snapshots

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March 21, 2012

Scenes from the Boulevard corridor.

Banna Grocery, where a shopkeeper was fatally shot in February 2012.

Banna Grocery at the corner of Howell and Irwin streets. Shopkeeper Suhrid Das was fatally shot here in February 2012.

There are no full-service grocery stores in the Boulevard corridor. Most residents shop at convenience stores such as Boulevard Lotto & Groceries near the Village of Bedford Pines.

There are no full-service grocery stores in the Boulevard corridor. Most residents shop at convenience stores such as Triple Food, at Boulevard and Gartrell.

Residents and businesses fund the Old Fourth Ward Patrol, which hires off-duty cops to patrol the area adjacent to Boulevard. Wingate Management donated $10,000 to the patrol as part of its Year of Boulevard commitment.

An abandoned and boarded up apartment building on Boulevard.

Most Wingate properties on Boulevard have signage such as this.

With dozens of buildings covering many city blocks, the Village of Bedford Pines is the highest concentration of federally subsidized housing in the Southeast.

Boulevard runs along a high ridge that provides an exceptional view of downtown Atlanta.

A sculpture honoring Martin Luther King Jr. is a distinctive landmark at the intersection of Boulevard and Freedom Parkway.

Boulevard runs through the King Historic district. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up a few blocks off Boulevard.

There are numerous historic structures, such as this wooden house at the corner of Boulevard and Old Wheat Street, in the Boulevard corridor. The area is one of Atlanta’s oldest.

City on a Hill Community Church on Boulevard.

Windows on this vacant apartment building on Irwin Street, across from Banna Grocery, are boarded and bolted.

Boarded-up houses and apartment buildings are common sights in the area.

Hope-Hill Elementary school is on Boulevard, a street long notorious for drug dealing.

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