North Atlanta developed prior to the imposition of residential segregation ordinances and the rise of planned neighborhoods and subdivisions. As such, in spite of its development, the area as a whole was nonetheless noticeably mixed by class, race, and function. While North Atlanta was defined by the beauty of the sumptuous mansions and manicured lawns of Peachtree Street, traces of Tight Squeeze remained into the 1910s north of Eighth Street. The block bounded by Peachtree on the west, Eleventh Street on the north, Juniper on the east, and Tenth on the south was home to laborers, carpenters, draymen, butlers, and gardeners, who lived in modest dwellings situated at the very heart of the block, in the bottom of what had once been the Tight Squeeze ravine. Although the structures varied in style – the four closer to the eastern edge of the block were built in shotgun style – they were all single-story, wood frame constructions that lacked plumbing and were only accessible via a ten-foot alley that ran between 8 East Tenth Street and 10 East Tenth Street. Thus while Peachtree was straightened out and transformed into the “Fifth Avenue” of Atlanta by the partial filling-in of the ravine, the undesirable low-lying gulch area remained an affordable housing option for working-class people. Clusters of structures in backyards like this one often shared sanitary facilities. This block – like many similar working-class residences in Atlanta during the period – lacked water and a sewage system, an issue that plagued the area until advent of city planning in the 1910s.