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The Atlanta neighborhood of Virginia-Highland is one of many intown Atlanta neighborhoods characterized by commercial space of two sorts: * groups of small commercial units clustered where the streetcars used to stop (e.g. N. Highland Ave. at St. Charles and Virginia) * commercial space in former warehouses and industrial buildings, especially, but not exclusively, along the BeltLine (e.g. Amsterdam Walk and Ponce de Leon Place) ==Virginia and North Highland== The retail node at the corner of North Highland and Virginia is the neighborhood's namesake and main shopping and dining area. It has been well known since the 1990s for its restaurants. Atlanta institution Murphy's is located at the southwest corner.〔(Robin Toner, "What's Doing in Atlanta", ''New York Times'', March 15, 1987 )〕 Such is Virginia Highland's fame that Jeff Fuqua, developer of the Town Brookhaven complex in Brookhaven, described his effort to attract "local, chef-driven" restaurants to Town Brookhaven, and said that he wanted his complex to be a "Virginia Highland North".〔(Rachel Tobin Ramos, "A New Heart for Brookhaven", ''Atlanta Business Chronicle'', October 15, 2007 )〕 As of 2011, gourmet food trucks gather every Wednesday night at the corner of N. Highland Ave. and Briarcliff Place. The "Corner Virginia-Highland" shops on the northwest corner were developed in 1925, renovated in the 1980s and are currently owned by The Meddin Company. In 2009, the property (became the first carbon-neutral zone in the U.S. ), through cooperative work with Verus Carbon Neutral and the Chicago Climate Exchange. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virginia-Highland commercial districts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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