Normaltown

Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center

and named for the State Normal School formerly located there.{{cite book

|title=The threat of eminent domain: Athens Regional Medical Center's effect on Normaltown

|first=Ashley Brooke

|last=McElreath

|year=2000}} It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896.{{cite book

|title=A Portrait of Historic Athens and Clarke County

|first=Frances Taliaferro

|last=Thomas

|author2=Mary Levin Koch

|page=156

|publisher=University of Georgia Press

|year=2009

|isbn=0-8203-3044-2

|edition=2nd}}

Music

The Normaltown Flyers formed in the neighborhood in 1979.[https://www.normaltownflyers.com/about About] - Normaltown Flyers official website 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

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Category:Neighborhoods in Athens, Georgia