Five Points may refer to:
Riverside and Avondale are two adjacent and closely associated neighborhoods, alternatively considered one continuous neighborhood, of Jacksonville, Florida. The area is primarily residential, but includes some commercial districts, including Five Points, the King Street District, and the Shoppes of Avondale.
Riverside was first platted in 1868 and was annexed by Jacksonville in 1887. Its greatest growth occurred between the Great Fire of 1901 and the failure of the 1920s Florida land boom; this period included the creation of the original Avondale development in 1920. Today, Riverside and Avondale are notable for their particularly diverse architecture and their emphasis on planning and historic preservation, which have made them Florida's most architecturally varied neighborhood. Both neighborhoods are listed as National Register Historic Districts.
Riverside and Avondale are located to the southwest of Downtown Jacksonville along the St. Johns River. The neighborhood's boundaries are roughly Interstate 10 to the north, the St. Johns River to the east, Fishweir Creek to the south, and Roosevelt Boulevard and the CSX Railroad line to the west. It borders the Brooklyn and North Riverside neighborhoods to the north, Murray Hill to the west, and Lake Shore and Fairfax to the south. The boundary between Riverside and Avondale is not clear cut, even for those living in the neighborhood. It is sometimes given as Seminole Road and Belvedere Avenue, the northern limit of the Avondale Historic District. Alternately, author Wayne Wood of the Jacksonville Historic Landmarks Commission puts it at about McDuff Avenue.
Five Points is an upscale, residential neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, centered on the intersection of South Milledge Avenue, South Lumpkin Street, and Milledge Circle. The neighborhood occupies the South-Southwest edge of the University of Georgia campus and is known for its historical residences, eclectic local businesses, and mix of students and older residents, many of the latter being faculty and staff employed by the University.
The neighborhood is home to several landmark local businesses, including Five Points Bottle Shop, Hodgson's Pharmacy, Jittery Joe's coffee house, organic foods store Earth Fare, Athens 5 Points Yoga studio, a not-for-profit dance studio, and award-winning restaurant Five and Ten. Five Points has an active neighborhood association, Friends of Five Points, which organizes several events throughout the year, including the Friends of Five Points Easter Egg Hunt, Five Points Art Fair, and the "5 at 5" 5K Fun Run/Walk.
One of the neighborhood's main thoroughfares, South Milledge Avenue, is home to many historical single-family mansions which have since been converted to University of Georgia sorority and fraternity chapter houses, and is included as part of a tour of historical Athens by the Athens Welcome Center. Five Points is home to Barrow Elementary School, which is located on Pinecrest Drive, and also UGA's Family and Graduate Housing, along Agriculture Drive and Southview Drive.
A year alone: mistook the forest for the trees and a house for a home.
A wandering mind swept out the romance from under my feet.
Don't leave behind comfort and knowledge for clouded minds,
My soul's an olive tree and I'll be gnarled and twisted for centuries.
Is this my nature?
Have I a greater cause outside these senses and laws?
Barbed wire fences and all, you've staked me to five points.
My choice to break still remains.
We humbled ourselves in scenic sanctuaries and took our place in the cliff-rock face
to let god lay waste to whatever he may.
But we failed to see he's you and me, that corner of our brain we've yet to name.
Don't make it a big deal, these things will reveal themselves.