Ansley Park Real Estate and the History of Ansley Park
Posted by Ben Hirsh on Friday, October 3rd, 2008 at 2:00pm.
Early Ansley Park residents joked about how visiting friends lost their way among the winding streets that meander through the area. In 1980, the Civic Association sponsored a contest for a neighborhood slogan and long time resident Caroline Bethea won with her entry "Lose Yourself in Ansley Park". Now the Civic Association sells T-shirts printed with the slogan, which has come to express a special sense of pride that the residents feel for their neighborhood. We invite you to do just that. Lose yourself in Ansley Park, as you learn about our neighborhood's past, walk or ride through our streets, study our homes and buildings, and meet our friends and neighbors. Long-time Ansley Park residents, recent arrivals, and casual visitors to the neighborhood all have something in common: at some point we encountered Ansley Park for the first time and discovered its uniqueness. Each of us is tempted to think that Ansley Park began when we first arrived-that we invented it. But discovering Ansley Park for the first time is like discovering America: both were already here. Looking back through its history, the land of Ansley Park has been. 
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The territory of the Creek Indian Nation
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Frontier land in the North Georgia woods
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The forested property of a rural landowner
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The site of Civil War troop movements in the battles around Atlanta
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A turn-of-the-century treeless sub-division of lots for sale
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Atlanta's first northside suburb, ushering in the new century with the building of new homes-some of them mansions
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An established suburb in its 1920's prime
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A mid-century neighborhood both enduring and wilting under early decay-with some single-family homes converted to apartments and boarding houses
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A renewed and thriving neighborhood whose residents had reversed the decline of previous decades
Today, Ansley Park residents enjoy a spirited neighborhood of restored and well-maintained homes near the center of metropolitan Atlanta. And, just as beautiful gardens are not planted fully bloomed, Ansley Park did not become the prime residential neighborhood it is today overnight. Rather, the Ansley Park of today is built on the accumulated contributions of many individuals and groups over three or four generations. All of us, new and old to Ansley Park, owe a debt to those came before us. The Ben Hirsh Real Estate Group is your Ansley Park Real Estate Agent, with our wealth of experience, up to date market knowledge and our extensive portfolio of properties to suit your criteria and budget. Architecture in Ansley park ranges from bungalows, Georgian, Colonial, English country and a modern style home thrown in every once in a while. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about real estate in Ansley Park. When you partner with us, you’ll discover that it is the smartest way to buy and sell real estate.
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