This page intends to be an ongoing history of the development of Memorial Drive from Atlanta to Stone Mountain and perhaps a bit more.
(Picture at left: Memorial Drive OTP, 1993, click for larger view. Extreme left is I-285)
Link: Memorial Drive: History from Atlanta to Stone Mountain
Article: misinformation regarding an adult entertainment district caused alarm
Memorial Drive District Overlay Study
Memorial Drive OTP in the news
“Memorial Drive was once called Fair Street, and the history packed into this narrow corridor is impressive. We can start the history of this roadway with Oakland Cemetery, which was created as Atlanta’s official cemetery in 1850. It’s considered the only existing pre-Civil War “historical asset” along Memorial Drive.” from Endangered: Memorial Corridor
Atlanta Preservation Center re: Memorial Drive
A description of SR10 or Memorial Drive beginning at I-285 (actually it stretches back west a bit as well.)
A general history of rail and highway construction in Atlanta
More than you may want to know about I-285
History of the Dunaire neighborhood with a mention of Pine Lake and Memorial Drive. (Shawn Mullins grew up there.)
Atlanta Time Machine by Greg Germani (look under miscellaneous locations to see the city of Stone Mountain in the 40s and 50s. Ironically it looks much the same today.
From the Dekalb History Center:
Single-FamilyResidentialDevelopment in DeKalbCounty 1945-1970 (pdf) Extensive history of development in Dekalb County that includes segregation practices, home styles, and other interesting bits of history. Created by Georgia State University in 2010.