Buckhead Village

By 1996, Buckhead Village nightlife was comparable to "Mardi Gras, complete with nightly arrests, puking in the streets and [drunk] college girls.

"[7] In the late 1990s illegal cruising on Peachtree Road became rampant, making crime harder to spot and the shortage of police officers more apparent.

Baltimore Ravens football player Ray Lewis was implicated in the murders which occurred after he left the Cobalt Club at 265 East Paces Ferry Road.

[7] Beginning in 2000, residents sought to ameliorate this situation by taking measures to reduce the community's nightlife and re-establish a more residential character.

The Buckhead Coalition and councilwoman Mary Norwood were instrumental in persuading the Atlanta City Council to pass an ordinance to close bars at 2:30 a.m., rather than 4 a.m., and liquor licenses were made more difficult to obtain.

The descriptive plaque explains:Local lore has recorded that in 1838 a hunter hung a deer's head at about this location in front of Irby's Tavern.

[11] Alice + Olivia, Billy Reid, Bonobos, Christian Louboutin, COS, Dior, Diptyque, Etro, Hermès, jenni kayne, Le Labo, Moncler, Patek Philippe, rag & bone, Theory, Todd Snyder, Warby Parker, and Wolford among others have physical retail spaces in Buckhead Village.