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Confluences at Five Points
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Five Points is where things come together.
Intersecting here are Marietta Street, Edgewood Avenue, Decatur Street and Peachtree. But this confluence has brought together more than streets. There have been parades, protests and one particularly delicious drink.
In 1887 Jacob’s Drug Store was serving Coca Cola as a headache tonic. A customer ask for the syrup to be mixed with water, as was typical. The soda fountain operator, Willis E. Venable had soda water close by and put that in instead.
The rest is bubbly history.
For more information check out “Atlanta and Its Environs” by Franklin M. Garrett and “A History of the World in 6 Glasses” by Tom Sandage
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