Buttermilk Bottom
in Atlanta, United StatesCategory: Attraction
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241 Pine St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA Print route »
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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
