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Filming for ‘Greenleaf’ shutting down Gwinnett street Thursday

At House of Hope in Decatur, "Greenleaf" on March 13, 2018 shot scenes with both Iyanla VanZant and Patti LaBelle with Lynn Whitfield.
At House of Hope in Decatur, "Greenleaf" on March 13, 2018 shot scenes with both Iyanla VanZant and Patti LaBelle with Lynn Whitfield.
By Amanda C. Coyne
May 8, 2019

Filming for the series “Greenleaf” will shut down roads in Norcross for most of Thursday, the city’s police department said.

The show will be filming on Barton Street, completely closing the road from Buchanan Street to Holcomb Bridge Road starting at 7 a.m. That portion of the road should re-open at 4 p.m. There will also be a closure of the westbound lane of Barton Road from Sunset Drive to Holcomb Bridge Road from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Drivers heading into the city of Norcross via Holcomb Bridge Road will have to turn onto W. Peachtree Street to access the city center, police said.

Filming for an unspecified project also took place on Barton Street in April, closing the north end of the road for two days.

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