Gate City

Gate City
	Birmingham neighborhoods
District(s)	5
Community	East Lake
Population	{{{population}}}
Area	N/A
President	Linda Allen
Meeting site	Gate City Elementary School, (map)
Meeting day	2nd Monday
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Gate City is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. It occupies the area north of I-20 and south of the East Lake neighborhood, centered on Georgia Road and including the Marks Villege housing project. which was constructed in the 1950s. It is bordered by South Woodlawn to the west, Oak Ridge Park and Eastwood to the south, and Brown Springs to the east.

Gate City is in Birmingham City Council District 5. School age children in the neighborhood attend Oliver Elementary School, Putnam Middle School, and Woodlawn High School. Beulah Lewis Park occupies the block between 66th and 67th Street South west of Interlaken Avenue.

Linda Allen is president of the Gate City Neighborhood Association, which meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at Gate City Elementary School on Georgia Road. Michael Johnson is vice-president and Wilma Davis is secretary.

History

Gate City was the site of the large Gate City Rolling Mill which opened with 500 workers in late 1896 and employed more than 700 a year later. The mill was sold to Republic Iron and Steel Company in 1899.

References

• Stein, Kelsey (August 6, 2013) "Birmingham neighborhood blitz: Gate City could benefit from initiatives used to revitalize nearby Woodlawn." The Birmingham News

External links

• Gate City Neighborhood Association on facebook.com