Cheshire Bridge Road

rdf:langString Cheshire Bridge Road

rdf:langString Cheshire Bridge Road

rdf:langString Cheshire Bridge Road

rdf:langString South

rdf:langString North

rdf:langString Piedmont Avenue / Piedmont Road / Piedmont Circle

rdf:langString Lenox Road

rdf:langString Cheshire 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. 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. 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. The area has been noted as important in the LGBT history of Georgia. Since the 2000s, urban redevelopment projects and gentrification have threatened the legacy of the area. In 2005, the Atlanta City Council banned new adult businesses from opening on Cheshire Bridge Road but existing ones were allowed to stay. However, new high-density residential developments have become common in recent years and some existing businesses and nightclubs have closed or relocated.