Buttermilk Bottom
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Buttermilk Bottom, also known as Buttermilk Bottoms or Black Bottom, was an African-American neighborhood in central Atlanta, centered on the area where the Atlanta Civic Center now stands in the Old Fourth Ward. It was considered a slum area, having unpaved streets and no electricity. The name may refer to the downward slope of the sewers in the area, which caused the backed-up water to have a buttermilk smell residents being unable to afford "sweet" milk, or fresh milk, and instead drinking sour, older milk, which was cultured to add longevity and shelf life to the product in the era prior to modern refrigeration
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Pine Street Northeast, Atlanta Old Fourth Ward
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| N 33.76705 ° | E -84.38032 ° |
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Pine Street Northeast 241
30308 Atlanta, Old Fourth Ward
Georgia, United States
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