MIDNIGHT LINKS: Historic Preservation in Savannah
Recent issues/controversies:
- Historic District problems
- Savannah State College included on Nat'l Trust Most Endangered List
- Clary's sign + update + Mayor's comments
- pre-civil war hotel to be saved
- controversy over Sorrel-Weed House paint color: 8/17/97 article, 8/19/97 article, 9/9/97 article, 9/11/97 article
- hotel on River Street: 12/21/96 article, 7/9/97 article, 7/10/97 article, 9/9/97 article, 9/11/97 article, 9/12/97 editorial, 10/8/97 article, 10/9/97 article, 10/10/97 editorial
- tour vehicles in historic district
- What will happen to Charles Ellis Elementary?
- new design guidelines: 1/25/97 article, 2/22/97 article
- new development, demolition "out of control"
Adaptive re-use of historic Scarbrough House:
- Creative Loafing article (4/5/97)
- Savannah Morning News article (7/23/97)
Owens-Thomas House restoration
West Broad Street and Historic Black Churches
Will the site where Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin be restored? + Jan. '98 update + March '98 update + May '98 update
Compatible in-fill in the Historic District; and another in-fill project
Preserving Savannah's monuments (+ 8/26/98 UPDATE)
Woodward House wins preservation award
Tybee Lighthouse restoration and history
Mayor discusses historic district
Lucas Theatre restoration struggles (+ 9/4/98 UPDATE; + pipe organ info)
Savannah's older Movie Theaters
inspecting Fort Gordon's walls
an archeaological project near Savannah
old General Oglethorpe Hotel/Sheraton Inn (+ photo)
SCAD celebrates 20 years in Savannah
National Trust conference in Savannah:
- preserving historically black colleges
- Savannah, Charleston compare ideas
- Preservation experts: Art can help revive cities
- W.W. Law joins National Preservation leaders
- "They're looking at us, and they like what they see "
Misc. preservation articles:
List of Savannah historical organizations/resources and preservation organizations/societies
