Andrew Delaplaine - Savannah: The Delaplaine 2020 Long Weekend Guide

SAVANNAH

The

Delaplaine

2020

Long Weekend Guide

Andrew Delaplaine

Senior Editors - Renee & Sophie Delaplaine

Senior Writer - James Cubby

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Chapter 1

WHY SAVANNAH?

E VERY TIME I VISIT Savannah, I ask myself the same question: what is it about this fair city that I like so much?

An impossible question (for me) to answer. The culture? The food (Ah, yes, the food!)? The people? The charming layout of the city?

Its all of those things, of course. Savannah is a much more interesting city than Charleston because you can basically see what there is to see in Charleston in a day. A Long Weekend is more than ample time to savor the riches of Charleston (excluding its numerous fine restaurants) unless you venture to some of the plantations outside town.

Not so Savannah. Youll need a lot more than a Long Weekend to take in everything Savannah has to offer, trust me.

Of all historic figures, Civil War General William Sherman is largely responsible for preserving the city by the simple act of not burning it down when he made his famous March to the Sea, destroying everything in his Armys pathexcept Savannah.

My first experience here was as an undergrad when I came to meet the parents of my college girlfriend. Theirs was one of the older families in Savannah, and their name even graces one of its most famous squares.

S PEAKING OF THOSE FAMOUS squares, the layout of Savannah makes it very interesting. There are 21 squares that give this city a strong human scale other U.S. cities will never have. Savannah feels more like London than any other American city to my mind (except of course for the weather). These squares, sometimes frustrating for motorists who have to navigate around them, make cycling around Savannah a pleasure.

There used to be 24 squares in the original plan of the city, but 3 of these were sacrificed to developers who demolished them before the people came to their senses and stopped the wanton destruction of Savannahs valuable heritage. Another square, Ellis, once no more than a parking lot, is now looking more like it did in the old days.

A little side note: famed lyricist Johnny Mercer, who wrote some 1,600 songs and took home 4 Oscars for Best Song, was from here. He was one of the great contributors to the Great American Songbook. (He wrote Moon River, for example, which Audrey Hepburn sang not so well in Breakfast at Tiffanys.)

B E CERTAIN TO VISIT the River Street Pedestrian District . Here youll see water taxis, riverboats, and numerous private craft plying the river. The waterfront is lined with shops, restaurants and quite a few tourist traps. Still, its great to see it.