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General James Oglethorpe established the early settlement and laid out American's first planned city. If you can Savannah was founded in 1733 and has been blessed with people of ability and foresight. Now [am glad I had to wait a quarter of a cenâ€" tury to see it again because in the past years the Savannah that was being ruthlessly obliterated in the name of progress has been rejuvinated, refurbished and restored. These factors, dressed in morning coats and striped trousers, a soft tie closing their white shirt fronts and, no doubt. cigars in their bejewelled hands, would signal the price of baled cotton the ships waiting below. Five-storey high cotton warehouses rose straight up from the river‘s edge and it was easy to imagine factors (cotton brokers) standing on the lace-like wrought iron balconies that jut out from the stone facades. On that first all-too- brief visit, en route home in a hurry from Florida, I only , glimpsed the waterfront â€" but that was enough to entrance. 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(ll ou‘d rather, an amplifier and separate tuner (an e substituted [or the rereiver portion at your stereo purchase.) RECEIVERS: :19 DIVISION, TANDir ELECTRONICS LIMITEI Savannah:â€"rTlagnificent Hlllcrest Mall Richmond Hill Cotton brought wealth. Mansions of magnificent proportions were added to the blocks of delicately balanced Georgian homes: the earlier high and low stoop cottages and the row houses with their wrought iron en- trance stairways just barely touching the brick sidewalks. As in Niagara, it was planned to have vineyards to produce wine and mulberry or- chards to provide Britain with silk. These plans petered out when it was found much more profitable to plant rice and, later. cotton. Then Savannah really flourished The Savannah that flourished is the same Savannah travellers see today. The city's situation is much like that of the Niagara escarpment â€"- a high flat plain dropping sharply to a narrow river front. This was a superb site because it, provided not only sustenance on the plain for the settlers, but also a natural for- tification that protected the towns to the north against the Spaniards in Florida. Miraculously, this beautiful, intelligently planned city was spared pillaging when General William Sherman. in a cynical gesture, offered it imagine a checkerboard with houses on the black squares and parks on the white squares. you have a picture of old Savannah‘ Richmond Helghts Shopping Centre. Rlchmond Hlll With funds subscribed, the foundation purchased 1,100 houses. These were then resold to persons who agreed to restore the exteriors, at least to their original condition. Now, you can wander through the restored area at will. Every street, every square tempts you on. Today, you don‘t speak of parking lots to these gentle southern women of Savannah â€" the words are blasphemy. To preserve the 20 squares of the city core, the foundation, with the help of private financing, developed a holding fund. In the 1950s, Savannah suffered a recession and the city core fell into neglect and disrepair. It wasn't until 1955. when it was rumored that hand- some Davenport House was to be demolished to make way for a parking lot, that rapid action was taken. ' A telephone campaign was organized. Five people each phoned another five and the calls multiplied throughout the night until the entire city was alerted. By dawn. the Historic Savannah Foundation had been formed. Then, the Savannah inheritors of foresight came to the fore â€" notably Anna Hunter and Mr. and Mrs. Hansel] Hillyers. But. in our tifne. the city was nearly pillaged again. to President Abe Lincoln asia Christmas present. TRA VEL Bayhlll Mews. Thornhlll There is also, in late April (this year on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28), a tour of hidden gardens. sponsored by the Garden Club of Savannah. This tour includes the gardens of seven private homes and an ante-bellum tea at the Green-Meldrim mansion. Each spring in late March, there is an annual tour of Savannah homes and gardens sponsored by the women of Christ Episcopal Church. For more information, write Tour of Homes. 18 Abercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia, 31401. At any time of the year. a number of the historic Probably the best in- troduction to Savannah is the Historic Savannah Foundation Tour. Air- conditioned buses take you on a tour of the National Historic District and to the Davenport House, which began the whole restoration movement, and to the magnificent Regency- style Scarborough House Or you can simply sit and revel in the mass of color in the park-like squares by the planting of azalea, camellia, Wisteria. magnolia, rhododendron and flowering trees. You can stroll along the brick-paved streets. Run your fingertips across the intricate wrought-iron railings. Find the rare cast-iron downspouts sh- aped like open-mouthed dolphins. Upper Canada Mall. Newmarket Reg. separate item price WITH 20% DISCOUNT PRICE WILL BE Accommodation in Savannah ranges from the opulent to the prac- tical. From the gilden charm of the De Soto to the ubiquitous Holiday inn. There are even off- beat accommodations, such as the Eliza Thompson House in the historic district. where you can have a bedroom, kitchen, bath and dressing room at $30 a night singles and $33 for a double (US. funds). Savannah has scores 'of fine dining places, in- cluding the Olde Pink House, which is contained in another restored historic house. One of the rooms, now an antique shop (hours by ap- pointment, or by chance) is said to be the finest example of the late The magnificent Owens-Thomas House (another English Regency-type with authentic furnishings) and the William Scar- borough House, are also open. A donation at each house of under $2 is requested from visitors. Among these are the Green-Meldrim House (one of the south's finest examples of Gothic- Revival); the Wayne- Gordon House (built in the style of an English Regency townhouse, where Juliette Gordonâ€" Low. founder of the American Girl Scouts grew up), and the Andrew Low House, where Juliette Gordon low later livedt homes of Savannah are open to visitors. For further details about Savannah and its environs write Jenny Stacy, Savannah Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, 301 West Broad St., Savannah, Georgia, 31401. After you have eaten your fill, you take your plate back to the kitchen and pay your $3. Mrs. Wilkes serves heaping platters of fried chicken, bowls of steaming vegetables and mounds of homemade biscuits, all plunked on the centre of the table for you to practise your boarding house reach. Then there is Mrs. Wilkes' Boarding House. a real boarding house with boarders. It is best to be there at 11:30,a.m. for lunch, which begins at noon. By then the lineup will be blocks long. 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