Morningside, with its wide tree-lined avenues, stately homes and convenient access to Midtown and Downtown Atlanta, is the very picture of intown living at its most gracious. Like its adjacent neighborhoods -- Virginia-Highland to the north, Ansley Park to the west and Druid Hills to the east - Morningside homes are just a stroll or bike ride away from specialty shops, eateries, galleries and even a weekly open-air farmers market. Add to that the tranquility of several pocket parks scattered throughout the neighborhood, including Noble, Sunken Garden, Sussex and Lenox-Wildwood Parks as well as the Johnson Nature Preserve, with its 50 acres of woods and trails, and you have many options for a peaceful getaway from the surrounding buzz of city life.
Morningside was established in 1931 as a new type of "suburb" where commuters traveled to and from their homes by streetcar. The neighborhood is located in the Northeast quadrant of Atlanta and features such diverse architectural styles as Craftsman, English Tudor, English Cottage, Midcentury Ranch, and French Country and Spanish, among other style homes. Currently the neighborhood comprises some 3,500 households and has grown to include smaller neighborhoods such as University Park, Noble Park, Johnson Estates, Woodland Hills and Lenox Park.
The neighborhood is extremely convenient to some of the best of Atlanta's cultural, retail, business and educational offerings: the Woodruff Arts Center, the Midtown business district, Piedmont Park, Emory University, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, the shops of Emory Village, The Fox Theater, Georgia Tech, Ansley Mall, Ansley Golf Club, Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlantic Station and the shops and restaurants of nearby Virginia-Highland, just to name just a few destinations. Morningside is also minutes from the I-75/I-85 Connector.
The Morningside neighborhood also enjoys a strong community association called Morningside Lenox Park Association (MLPA), which was formed in the 1960s to prevent the building of a highway that would have gone straight through the neighborhood. Morningside/Lenox Park Association is still driven by community activism, ensuring that the many facets of development all around do not encroach on the beauty or the quality of life in the neighborhood. The MLPA also functions keep its members informed of all kinds of community activities as well as to hold the annual Monument Ball, a fund raiser to cover the expense of keeping up the historic monuments that identify the boundaries fo the Morningside/Lenox Park neighborhood.