Little Five Points Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Little Five Points (also LFP or L5P) is a neighborhood near downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Low overhead costs for small retail firms and low loft rents permit an artsy, bohemian sensibility comparable to that in the Loop in the St. Louis metro area. Radical Left politics and New Age religiosity flourish along with an edgy club scene. These same features make it vulnerable to future gentrification. Before that happens, however, residents and visitors can enjoy the least likely neighborhood in Atlanta.Established in the 1920s as the commercial district for the Inman Park neighborhood, it lies 2½ miles (4km) east of downtown. It is home to many theater companies, music venues, bars, restaurants and retail stores, and is one of the favored people-watching spots in town.
Broadly speaking, Little Five Points includes all of the surrounding neighborhoods: Inman Park, Kirkwood, Candler Park, Moreland, and Lake Claire.
The name refers to the intersection at the center of the region. Two points are provided by Moreland Avenue, which runs north-south (and forms the county line between Fulton County and DeKalb County), and two points are provided by Euclid Avenue which runs northeast-southwest. The fifth point was originally Seminole Avenue, which met the intersection from the northwest; but with the conversion of the Seminole point to a plaza, the fifth point is now felt to be McLendon Avenue, which crosses Moreland just south of the original intersection. (There is no longer a five-point intersection.) Little distinguishes Little Five Points from Five Points, the center of downtown Atlanta.