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Mooney’s Lake Amusement Park & Kriegshaber Subdivision

V H Kriegshaber Subdivision is a 1930’s era subdivision lost to the interstate expansion of I-85, SR 236 Lindbergh Dr., GA-400, and SR 13 Buford Hwy Conn. and the commercial redevelopment in the 30324 zipcode of Atlanta, Georgia. Block H along Morosgo Dr. as it historically extended to Peachtree Creek North Fork was assembled by DS Money as the historic Money’s Lake and Amusement Park.

Subdivision of Property by V. H. Kriegshaber and Sons Inc. after purchase from the Cheshire Family. Streets: Lavista Rd. (now Lindbergh Dr.), Morosgo Dr., Pine Tree Rd (aka Pine Valley)., Marian Road (now Sidney Marcus Blvd. and part of Buford Hwy.), Cheshire Road (now Shady Valley Dr. and part of Buford Hwy), East Paces Ferry Rd (now Canterbury Rd), Lenox Rd, Burruss Rd. (now Chantilly Dr.), Roxboro Rd., Peachtree Creek (north fork), Indian Creek, Fulton County and Dekalb County boundary.
Subdivision of Property by V. H. Kriegshaber and Sons Inc. after purchase from the Cheshire Family. This 1934 replat is for D. S. Mooney of the Mooney’s Lake Property in Land Lots 6 & 48 of the 17th District. Streets: Lavista Rd. (now Lindbergh Dr.), Morosgo Dr. (formally Lavista Rd), Pine Tree Rd (aka Pine Valley)., and North Fork Peachtree Creek, Fulton County.
Subdivision of Property by V. H. Kriegshaber and Sons Inc. after purchase from the Cheshire Family. This 1934 replat is for Andrew Loomis, purchased from D. S. Mooney of the Mooney’s Lake Property in Land Lot 48 of the 17th District. Streets: Lavista Rd. (now Lindbergh Dr.), Morosgo Dr. (formally Lavista Rd), New Morosgo Raod (western boundary) and North Fork Peachtree Creek, Fulton County.
The picture is at the corner of Lindbergh and Old Morosgo just west of North Fork Peachtree Creek at 879 Lindbergh south and 910 Lindbergh, formally 916 Lindbergh, north. This picture from Expressway influence on land use and value, Atlanta, 1941-1956 Georgia State University Library, atlpp0341, 1958,