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Flashback photos: Buford Highway’s evolution, 1951-2002
Today, it’s a bustling brew of shops and restaurants representing cultures from every part of the globe. But back before the days of I-285 and the Northeast Expressway, Buford Highway was simply a way to get from the big city to a string of much smaller towns. Let’s take a look back at how the highway has changed since the 1950s.
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These days, the intersection of Buford Highway and Plaster Road (and the very close-by Dresden Drive) is a lot busier than this scene from 1951. LBGPNS2-098b, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
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