Back in June, I wrote a column about the many major projects underway: Series of big investments bode well for Savannah. Today’s City Talk column builds on that one: New downtown Savannah plans include new hotel, townhouses, beer garden
“The economy has changed, but the plan doesn’t need to,†said Sottile, referencing the city squares that Gen. James Oglethorpe laid out almost 300 years ago. “It survived the American Revolution, the Civil War and the 20th Century. And now it’s defining sustainability in the 21st Century.â€
There’s a big international story here. From Bloomberg’s Delhaize to Cut 5,000 Jobs as Food Lion Owner Shuts Stores in U.S., Europe: Delhaize Group SA (DELB), the owner of Food Lion supermarkets, plans to cut about 5,000 positions and expects…
In my City Talk column today, I talk about how inordinately happy I was to be able to buy beer last Sunday — even though I didn’t actually buy beer and will hardly ever take advantage of the newly legalized…
I covered a number of things in my City Talk column today in the SMN: Ships of the Sea to add garden, event space. I’m obviously very excited about the potential of that new garden, event space, and music venue…
Sometimes in arguing for the full restoration of the Oglethorpe Plan, Savannah preservationists get accused of various forms of nostalgia — of arguing for preservation for the sake of preservation, of ignoring contemporary needs.
But those accusations show a fundamental lack of understanding about the grid system established by General Oglethorpe when he founded the colony of Georgia in 1733.
In my City Talk column today in the Savannah Morning News, I write about the depressing news that the large vacant lot at the corner of Drayton and Charlton appears destined to be a surface parking lot for the nearby…
Well this is a highly recommended piece for those who care about the functioning of the trade center, the prospects of a new hotel on Hutchinson Island, future development of the island, the pressures on local spending as federal subsidies…
In my Savannah Morning News column today, I focus on the monetary value of on-street parking: New parking on Price will spur economic activity. A single parking space near a vibrant retail area could result in tens of thousands of…
I posted a couple of weeks ago about the looming changes to Price Street in Savannah, which will likely turn from a horrid two-lane, one-way speedway to a much friendlier street with one lane of vehicular traffic, a bike lane,…
As a real estate agent friend noted in a mass email, historic properties are still selling in Savannah. The fundamentals are certainly pretty lousy — too many listings and too few buyers, too many vacant condo conversion attempts — but…
After debuting at the 2010 Venice Biennale, “Cronocaos†— an exhibition about the increasingly urgent topic of preservation in architecture and urbanism by OMA / Rem Koolhaas — is now at NYC’s New Museum. And it’s sure creating some interesting…
It wasn’t until earlier today that I found out that Williams-Sonoma is opening a store in Savannah, but the news has been available since at least June 3rd. According to Citybizlist: Williams Sonoma has signed a lease for 5,000 square…
In my City Talk column in the Savannah Morning News today, New Year brings changes to Broughton and Congress Streets, I focus briefly on Fuddruckers, which just closed on Broughton Street. Ever since I’ve been writing this column — over…
