Iconic Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta Sells Sneakers, Takes Your Tax Payment, and Houses a Charter School

Greenbriar Mall is an enclosed shopping center at 2841 Greenbriar Parkway SW in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, off Interstate 285 and Langford Parkway.

It opened in September 1965 as Greenbriar Center, with Rich’s at one end of a 952-foot concourse and J.C. Penney at the other.

Penney closed in 1985, drawing protests from residents and Black leaders, including Mayor Andrew Young. Upton’s took the box, then closed…

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