Article: East Lake's Urban Renewal Shown In PGA Championship


Atlanta Inquirer
11-07-1998
East Lake's Urban Renewal Shown In PGA Championship

East Lake has a storied, up-and-down history in Atlanta.

The community, situated in the easternmost reaches of Atlanta proper, in DeKalb County, was once basically a suburb. It was during this time in the first half of the century that legendary golfer Georgia Tech's Robert "Bobby" Jones, then the best golfer in the world, was dominating the peaceful links of the East Lake Country Club. He was the best the golfing world had to offer.

As time passed, urban Atlanta and urban blight intruded. The East Lake Meadows public housing project, known to many as "Little Vietnam" because of its saturation with crime, ...

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