East Lake

Courtesy East Lake Golf Club

When Asa Candler wasn't busy building a soft drink empire, he was purchasing a vast stretch of land that now makes up the East Lake Golf Club. Once Bobby Jones' home course, it is now ranked among the best golf courses in the world. The neighborhood has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, much of that turnaround attributable to Tom Cousins and other corporate philanthropists who pumped money into the area and advocated for the now highly sought-after Charles Drew Charter School.