Author : Teri E. Darnell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781973973676
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)
Book Synopsis Atlanta's Red Light District - Cheshire Bridge Road by : Teri E. Darnell
Download or read book Atlanta's Red Light District - Cheshire Bridge Road written by Teri E. Darnell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlanta's Red Light District - Cheshire Bridge Road is an alluring look into the lives of a diverse urban community within Atlanta, Georgia. Initially, I began this project as a way to get exercise, then it turned into a passion. For the last twenty years, I lived in a neighborhood along Cheshire Bridge Road know as Atlanta's Red-Light District. For twelve of those years, I submersed myself into the culture by walking up and down this infamous one-mile road photographing people and the environment. On my journey, I discovered that Cheshire Bridge Road provides a community where all people are free to live with the person they are inside regardless of sexuality, gender, and race. A couple years ago, Cheshire Bridge Road began suffering from an explosion of redevelopment. Many decades old small businesses are being demolished and replaced with high rise apartments and storage facilities. Still, seedy strip clubs, sex shops, and gay nightclubs line Cheshire Bridge Road. Drag shows come alive most nights of the week, as they have been for decades. Drag queens have a tight community of support. After hours of preparation, they are rewarded with one-dollar bills during their performance, one dollar at a time. They perform not for the money, but for the love shared with each other. For many, this night job is their 'day job', and only income. Soon, many long-time patrons of Cheshire Bridge Road won't be coming back either. The establishments are disappearing quickly. It's just a matter of time before this unique community is forced to disperse, the diversity along this road no longer exists, and the opportunity to live freely gives way to heartless steel structures.