Life in Senoia after 'The Walking Dead'

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Life in Senoia after 'The Walking Dead'

"The Walking Dead" transformed the little city of Senoia 40 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Images of life there just a few months after the 11th and final season wrapped.

Main Street in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

A neighborhood that served as the filming site for the fictional community of Alexandria in the TV show The Walking Dead is seen on Friday, July 15, 2022. A prop wall surrounded the neighborhood for more than seven years and is now being torn down. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Senoia water tower is seen through bars on Friday, July 15, 2022. A prop wall, built for the TV show The Walking Dead, is being torn down. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Browns, Illinois resident Paul Knight, holding a toy bat from the TV show The Walking Dead, walks through Senoia on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

A neighborhood that served as the filming site for the fictional community of Alexandria in the TV show The Walking Dead is seen on Friday, July 15, 2022. A prop wall surrounded the neighborhood for more than seven years and is now being torn down. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Taylor family walks through Senoia on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

A plaque commemorating The Walking Dead is seen in Senoia on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Chris Twellmann, owner of Abrahams Army in Senoia, poses at his store on Friday, July 15, 2022. He cosplays as a lookalike of Michael Cudlitz, who portrays Abraham Ford in The Walking Dead. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

The Georgia Tour Company in Senoia has Walking Dead themed items on display on Friday, July 15, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Teresa Knight, Keira Knight, and Paul Knight pose for a portrait in Senoia on Friday, July 15, 2022. The family, from Browns, Illinois, participated in a Walking Dead tour of the town. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

(L-R) Debbie DiMuro, Meagan Hammel, Kellcee Hammel, and Tonya Hammel of Kentucky pose with a skeleton named George in front of a wall surrounding the fictional community of Alexandria from the show The Walking Dead on Friday, July 15, 2022. The wall surrounds a real neighborhood in the town of Senoia, which played a major part in the filming of The Walking Dead. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Senoia City Councilwoman Tracy Brady, who lived inside "The Walking Dead" Alexandria neighborhood for eight years, drives a golf cart in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

(L-R) Leslie Neville, Scott Tigchelaar, and Stephanie Grover chat at the Senoia Farmers Market in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Cyndi Pampena and her stepdaughter Heather Pampena are seen in front of a prop from The Walking Dead at the Senoia Farmers Market in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

People gather at the Senoia Farmers Market in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Marvin Morales and his daughter Helen, 3, play at the Senoia Farmers Market in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

(L-R) Evan and Susan Stitt speak to a reporter at their home in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Parts of a wall that were constructed for the show The Walking Dead remained visible in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

On July 15, 2022, "The Walking Dead" wall in Senoia was in the midst of being dismantled. The Gin Property, which was Alexandria on the show, is finally open to the public after eight years. RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com

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Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com

Main Street in Senoia on Saturday, August 13, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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