Normaltown
Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there.[1] It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896.[2]
Music
The Normaltown Flyers formed in the neighborhood in 1979.[3] In the 1980s, Allen's in Normaltown was an early venue for bands such as R.E.M. and The B-52's; both it and the neighborhood are mentioned in the lyrics of the 1990 top forty hit "Deadbeat Club".
References
- McElreath, Ashley Brooke (2000). The threat of eminent domain: Athens Regional Medical Center's effect on Normaltown.
- Thomas, Frances Taliaferro; Mary Levin Koch (2009). A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County (2nd ed.). University of Georgia Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8203-3044-2.
- About - Normaltown Flyers official website
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