Brookwood Hills

Brookwood Hills is a historic neighborhood located in intown Atlanta, Georgia, USA, north of Midtown and south-southwest of Buckhead. Home to about 1000 people, it was founded in the early 1920s by Benjamin Franklin Burdett and his son, Arthur. The site of the neighborhood is located where some of the blodiest battles of the American Civil War took place during the Atlanta Campaign. It is also the home of one of the most prestigious summer swim teams in Atlanta, the Brookwood Hills Bullfrogs.

Location

Brookwood Hills is located near the heart of Atlanta, only a few miles away from the skyscrapers of its major business districts. It is connected by three entrances to Peachtree Road, and has no other outlet. Brookwood Hills is bordered roughly by Peachtree on the west, Interstate 85 on the south, the Norfolk Southern train tracks (just south of Peachtree Creek) to the north, and Clear Creek to the east.

The Brookwood community, for which Brookwood Hills was named, is located immediately southwest of the southern tip of Brookwood Hills. This is in turn immediately north of the major freeway interchange called the "Brookwood split", which joins I-75 to the northwest and I-85 to the northeast into the Downtown Connector to the south.

Because of the recent rapid growth of metro Atlanta, developers have made constant attempts to build whatever they can near, or inside the neighborhood. Examples of these are:
*Building a MARTA station inside of the neighborhood. (stopped)
*An industrial park on the other side of Clear Creek.
*Extending W. Peachtree into and through the neighborhood. (stopped)
*Highrise apartments in residents' backyards.(mostly stopped)

Because of these pressures of being a big-city community, the Brookwood Hills Community Club (BWHCC) was created. (This is the reason so many of the above projects were halted). The BWHCC also owns the park and pool in the center of Brookwood Hills.

History and development

Brookwood Hills was the creation of the Burdett family. Benjamin first created the neighborhood on the Battlefield of Peachtree Creek owned by himself and local Thomas Collier. The streets were built in accordance to the hilly terrain, instead of grid form, as was popular at the time. Mr. Burdett planted oak saplings during Brookwood Hills' founding, which now stand tall and are the trademark quality of the neighborhood. The area developed by Benjamin and Arthur Burdett is now registered as the Brookwood Hills Historic District.

ecurity

After a wave of burglaries in the 1970s, a man in BWH took action. After he got pulled over by Sgt. Barry Miller, he asked him to patrol the neighborhood for one night to try to catch the infamous robber. Sgt. Miller caught the crook his first day on the job. Sgt. Barry is now as much a part of the neighborhood as anything or anyone else. He is now head of the neighborhood patrol, which now includes four officers who were added because of the increasing crime rate in Atlanta.

Brookwood Hills Community Club

The hub of the community is the Brookwood Hills Community Club, which includes a park, pool, two pavilions, tennis courts, and basketball goals. Many neighborhood sponsored events like the Fourth of July parade and the annual Easter egg hunt take place here.

wim & dive team

The Brookwood Hills Swim Team, the Bullfrogs, were created in 1979 by Alan Joel an alumnus of The Westminster Schools located nearby. The swim team is currently coached by Marist School swimming Coach Tim Storsteen and Pace Academy Coach Allison Riley. The swim team is a member of the North Atlanta Swimming Association and are in the Super Team division.

chools

Public

Brookwood Hills is covered by Atlanta Public Schools, and is in the school attendance district of:
*E. Rivers Elementary School
*Sutton Middle School
*North Atlanta High School

Private

Popular private schools in the area include:
*Woodward Academy
*The Westminster Schools
*The Lovett School
*Pace Academy
*Trinity School
*Christ the King
*The Galloway School
*Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
*Marist School
*Atlanta International School

External links

* [http://www.brookwoodhills.com Brookwood Hills Community Club]
* [http://www.atlantaswimming.com Swim League Website]
* [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ga/Fulton/districts.html Brookwood Hills Historic District]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/atlanta/ Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service "Discover Our Shared Heritage" Travel Itinerary]

ources

[http://www.brookwoodhills.com BWHCC website] "Brooknotes" Newsletter [http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/atlanta_metro_sw] [http://www.atlanta.gov City of Atlanta Website]