The Atlanta story
Shopping the curb market since 1918.
A curb market from 1918, a rail tunnel from 1913 and the Sears building of 1926, now Ponce City Market, are all a short ride apart.
- 1913
A tunnel under the rail yard
The Krog Street Tunnel was built in 1913 beneath the rail lines, linking Cabbagetown, Reynoldstown and Inman Park; today it is known for its street art.
Open Inman Park → - 1918
A courthouse on the square
Decatur’s courthouse on the square was completed in 1918 after a 1916 fire; it now houses the DeKalb History Center museum.
Open Decatur → - 1926
Sears comes to Ponce
Sears, Roebuck and Co. used its building on Ponce de Leon Ave, later expanded to 2.1 million square feet, from 1926 to 1987.
Open Ponce City Market → - 1928
A Buckhead mansion
The Swan House on Andrews Drive, designed by Philip Trammell Shutze, was completed in March 1928; it is now part of the Atlanta History Center.
Open Buckhead → - 2012
The trail opens
The BeltLine’s first two-mile stretch of the Eastside Trail, from Piedmont Park to the Krog Street Tunnel, opened in October 2012.
Open Inman Park → - 2014
The market opens
The old Sears building reopened as Ponce City Market on August 25, 2014.
Open Ponce City Market →
