Buckhead

“Buckhead isn’t what it used to be.” That could be the tagline for Atlanta’s best-known neighborhood, where politicians, rappers, blue-bloods, and the nouveau riche (and oh yeah, the governor) mingle with apartment dwellers, the cash-poor, and the entirely normal people; where fine international dining meets light-beer pub crawls; where Atlanta’s whitebread history of private schools and gated mansions are inextricably linked to (and incredibly removed from) the city’s African-American and urban fabric. In the mid-20th century, Buckhead was a rustic, white, middle-class bastion of high-school hoo-rahs and church Sundays. By the turn of the millennium, it was known internationally as the site of a double murder outside of a nightclub after the Super Bowl. Locally, it has long served as a derisive moniker for anyone who seemed too materialistic or entitled: “She’s very Buckhead, yes?” Today, the old commercial center—the Buckhead Triangle at Peachtree, Paces Ferry, and Roswell—is a redesigned, high-end shopping district. But some of the best places of Buckhead’s history still remain the same.

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Wender & Roberts Pharmacy

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1262 West Paces Ferry Road Northwest
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Originally established in 1918, and a thread in the “Buckhead family” fabric for decades, you can mention Wender & Roberts to your friend who grew up nearby and she might say something like, “Getting prescriptions filled there is the best. I always have so many issues everywhere else, but not there. The pharmacist knows your name and speaks to you like a human being, and since they've been open, customers have accounts that they pay at the end of the month. My mom said she and her brother used to walk to the one on Bolton Road and get whatever candy they wanted because her parents had an account there.” Inside the store, lighted like a bail bondsman’s office, are the usual drugs and sundries, Wiffle Ball bats, glazed and chocolate-covered pecans, odd gift items, and things that smell nice.

Wender & Roberts Pharmacy
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Wender & Roberts Pharmacy
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Wender & Roberts Pharmacy
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Wender & Roberts Pharmacy
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Wender & Roberts Pharmacy
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Wender & Roberts Pharmacy
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Taka Sushi and Passion

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