West Paces Ferry – Northside

At A Glance

Situated in the “Golden Triangle” of Buckhead, the West Paces Ferry – Northside neighborhood includes very desirable streets where a strong sense of community abounds. For those carpooling to various schools, a more central neighborhood cannot be found. West Paces Ferry – Northside is literally surrounded by a dozen schools, public and private. Pace Academy and Atlanta Classical Academy are actually right in the neighborhood.

The popular intersection of West Paces Ferry Road and Northside Parkway has everything a homeowner on the west side of Buckhead wants and needs. Paces Ferry Plaza has a Publix, Starbucks, two dry cleaners, CVS, the Northside Branch Library, Ace Hardware, Local Three, Houston’s, a beverage and spirits store, Village Vets, Blue Ridge Grill, and lots more. The neighborhood proudly displays its ’50s nostalgia, thanks to the OK Cafe, Tommy’s Barber Shop and Wender & Roberts drug store, all of which have been around since before the roads were paved!

The name Paces Ferry derives from Hardy Pace, a settler who established a flat-boat ferry service in the early 1800s near where Peachtree Creek empties into the Chattahoochee. Near the early 20th century, West Paces Ferry was divided into large parcels of land, which wealthy owners used to build large, stately homes. Starting in the 1950s, these parcels of land were divided into smaller portions that property developers used to construct smaller ranch homes during the time of suburban expansion.