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Dec 20, 2020 08:58:54 #
autofocus wrote:
Spent several days there earlier this year, and the wife (also a photographer) had the plan of things to see pretty well mapped out such as Tybee Island, Bonaventure Cemetery, obviously the city area itself...even an old car museum where you could kill an hour or two on a rainy day. Maybe for some inspiration the following is my Flickr album of shots by me when we were down there: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLPUbcC
Many thanks!
Dec 20, 2020 09:06:07 #
jbk224 wrote:
Savannah is awesome! You will have plenty of time ... (show quote)
Thank you for the good advice!
Dec 20, 2020 09:27:03 #
finalimage wrote:
I will be renting in Savannah for three months, ( Jan,Feb,Mar) returning to New England in April. Am hoping to connect with some photographic folks while there, maybe go on some photo shoots together. Also to learn places to shoot that the average tourist might miss. I have only been to Savannah on business trips in the past so I am looking forward to spending time there. Feel free to send me a private message. And thanks!
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Final........
Been there many times and will mention just a few spots:
Forsyth Park:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyth_Park
Wornsloe Historic Site:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormsloe_Historic_Site
Angel Oak:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak
Downtown River Street a Must:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Street_(Savannah,_Georgia)
St. Johns Basilica:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_Basilica_of_St._John_the_Baptist_(Savannah,_Georgia)
The Tybee Island Lighthouse: (Photograph at Night)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Island_Light
The Tybee Island Pier:
https://tybeeisland.com/site/tybee-pier-pavilion/
The 22 Squares of Savana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squares_of_Savannah,_Georgia
Savannah's "Art Walk District" very good:
https://www.savannahartwalk.com/
and last of all...... be sure to go to Mrs. Wilks Dining Room to eat... see the below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Wilkes%27_Dining_Room
Leopold's Ice Cream of Downtown Savannah:
https://www.leopoldsicecream.com/
The above are just a few... be sure to go to the visitor information center on River Street... They are absolutely the most informed people there...
Enjoy yourself &
Cheers
GeoVz
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Dec 20, 2020 10:43:39 #
goldstar46 wrote:
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Wow! Thank you so much!
Dec 20, 2020 10:52:57 #
[quote=finalimage]Wow! Thank you so much
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Enjoy and have fun my friend
Dec 20, 2020 10:55:11 #
My hometown. Besides online searches as suggested, for an overview I’d go to the visitor center for maps, brochures, and a visit to the history museum there. You’ll learn about the variety of museums. Shops will have picture books.
Next I’d take a tour. You may be pleased by Grayline—if it is working in these Covid times.
Might find some interesting info, exhibits, and publications at the Georgia Historical Society.
Unexpectedly, I got my best feel for the city as a teenager with a job that led me to drive up and down as well as across every street in the old part, say between Bay Street and Victory Drive. This is a little beyond the historic district, I recall.
Walks:
Waterfront from the Waving Girl to the end of the cobblestones.
Broughton Street—the original main shopping district. Also very interesting and historic sites between Bay and Broughton.
Bull Street with its squares and sights. Of course, every square is worth a visit.
The buildings and art in the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences and nearby Jepson Art Museum.
Bull Street near the public library to see the Cord Asendorf aka Gingerbread House in Steamboat Gothic. (It was bare, gray wood when I rode my bike to the library in the late 50s.
Along the Wilmington River in both Thunderbolt and Bonaventure Cemetery.
Books:
The Savannah Walking Tour and Guidebook would be good to review before you get there. Succinct with a good map. Plausible Google “books about Savannah.”
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Know locally as “The Book” about which one of my blue blood friends remarked, “It’s just what happens when widows who drink too much talk to Yankee writers.” Maybe so, but it certainly boosted tourism!
Museums: besides the ones downtown, I’m partial to the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Fort Pulaski, Fort Jackson, and the Midway Museum (down Highway 17, an interesting trip in itself).
Enjoy!
Next I’d take a tour. You may be pleased by Grayline—if it is working in these Covid times.
Might find some interesting info, exhibits, and publications at the Georgia Historical Society.
Unexpectedly, I got my best feel for the city as a teenager with a job that led me to drive up and down as well as across every street in the old part, say between Bay Street and Victory Drive. This is a little beyond the historic district, I recall.
Walks:
Waterfront from the Waving Girl to the end of the cobblestones.
Broughton Street—the original main shopping district. Also very interesting and historic sites between Bay and Broughton.
Bull Street with its squares and sights. Of course, every square is worth a visit.
The buildings and art in the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences and nearby Jepson Art Museum.
Bull Street near the public library to see the Cord Asendorf aka Gingerbread House in Steamboat Gothic. (It was bare, gray wood when I rode my bike to the library in the late 50s.
Along the Wilmington River in both Thunderbolt and Bonaventure Cemetery.
Books:
The Savannah Walking Tour and Guidebook would be good to review before you get there. Succinct with a good map. Plausible Google “books about Savannah.”
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Know locally as “The Book” about which one of my blue blood friends remarked, “It’s just what happens when widows who drink too much talk to Yankee writers.” Maybe so, but it certainly boosted tourism!
Museums: besides the ones downtown, I’m partial to the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Fort Pulaski, Fort Jackson, and the Midway Museum (down Highway 17, an interesting trip in itself).
Enjoy!
Dec 20, 2020 10:55:20 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
AFPhoto wrote:
I was it here a few years ago on my drive from New... (show quote)
Just curious, what did your photo guide charge for the walk about? Googling got some info but no pricing. If the pandemic is subsided by late Spring, I’d like to take a Spring get-away down that way.
Stan
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Dec 20, 2020 10:56:30 #
finalimage wrote:
I will be renting in Savannah for three months, ( Jan,Feb,Mar) returning to New England in April. Am hoping to connect with some photographic folks while there, maybe go on some photo shoots together. Also to learn places to shoot that the average tourist might miss. I have only been to Savannah on business trips in the past so I am looking forward to spending time there. Feel free to send me a private message. And thanks!
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Final... One additional point
If you go out to Tybee and want to do 'night shots' of the light house...
They have no problem with you 'wondering' on the grounds at night... just 'drop by' the local Tybee P.D. Office and let them know what you will be doing.... just incase they get calls from the neighbors.. The P.D. was very cordial towards me and what I wanted to do
GeoVz
Dec 20, 2020 10:58:04 #
Nantahalan wrote:
My hometown. Besides online searches as suggested... (show quote)
Many thanks! Good advice.
Dec 20, 2020 10:59:41 #
goldstar46 wrote:
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Final... One additional point
If you go out to Tybee and want to do 'night shots' of the light house...
They have no problem with you 'wondering' on the grounds at night... just 'drop by' the local Tybee P.D. Office and let them know what you will be doing.... just incase they get calls from the neighbors.. The P.D. was very cordial towards me and what I wanted to do
GeoVz
Final... One additional point
If you go out to Tybee and want to do 'night shots' of the light house...
They have no problem with you 'wondering' on the grounds at night... just 'drop by' the local Tybee P.D. Office and let them know what you will be doing.... just incase they get calls from the neighbors.. The P.D. was very cordial towards me and what I wanted to do
GeoVz
Good to know, thanks.
Dec 20, 2020 11:00:34 #
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Dec 20, 2020 11:03:46 #
My hometown. Besides online searches as suggested, for an overview I’d go to the visitor center for maps, brochures, and a visit to the history museum there. You’ll learn about the variety of museums. Shops will have picture books.
Next I’d take a tour. You may be pleased by Grayline—if it is working in these Covid times.
Might find some interesting info, exhibits, and publications at the Georgia Historical Society.
Unexpectedly, I got my best feel for the city as a teenager with a job that led me to drive up and down as well as across every street in the old part, say between Bay Street and Victory Drive. This is a little beyond the historic district, I recall.
Walks:
Waterfront from the Waving Girl to the end of the cobblestones.
Broughton Street—the original main shopping district. Also very interesting and historic sites between Bay and Broughton.
Bull Street with its squares and sights. Of course, every square is worth a visit.
The buildings and art in the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences and nearby Jepson Art Museum.
Bull Street near the public library to see the Cord Asendorf aka Gingerbread House in Steamboat Gothic. (It was bare, gray wood when I rode my bike to the library in the late 50s.
Along the Wilmington River in both Thunderbolt and Bonaventure Cemetery.
Books:
The Savannah Walking Tour and Guidebook would be good to review before you get there. Succinct with a good map. Plus Google “books about Savannah.”
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Know locally as “The Book” about which one of my blue blood friends remarked, “It’s just what happens when widows who drink too much talk to Yankee writers.” Maybe so, but it certainly boosted tourism!
Museums: besides the ones downtown, I’m partial to the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Fort Pulaski, Fort Jackson, and the Midway Museum (down Highway 17, an interesting trip in itself).
Enjoy!
Next I’d take a tour. You may be pleased by Grayline—if it is working in these Covid times.
Might find some interesting info, exhibits, and publications at the Georgia Historical Society.
Unexpectedly, I got my best feel for the city as a teenager with a job that led me to drive up and down as well as across every street in the old part, say between Bay Street and Victory Drive. This is a little beyond the historic district, I recall.
Walks:
Waterfront from the Waving Girl to the end of the cobblestones.
Broughton Street—the original main shopping district. Also very interesting and historic sites between Bay and Broughton.
Bull Street with its squares and sights. Of course, every square is worth a visit.
The buildings and art in the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences and nearby Jepson Art Museum.
Bull Street near the public library to see the Cord Asendorf aka Gingerbread House in Steamboat Gothic. (It was bare, gray wood when I rode my bike to the library in the late 50s.
Along the Wilmington River in both Thunderbolt and Bonaventure Cemetery.
Books:
The Savannah Walking Tour and Guidebook would be good to review before you get there. Succinct with a good map. Plus Google “books about Savannah.”
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt. Know locally as “The Book” about which one of my blue blood friends remarked, “It’s just what happens when widows who drink too much talk to Yankee writers.” Maybe so, but it certainly boosted tourism!
Museums: besides the ones downtown, I’m partial to the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Fort Pulaski, Fort Jackson, and the Midway Museum (down Highway 17, an interesting trip in itself).
Enjoy!
Dec 20, 2020 11:17:10 #
is Ft Jackson still an active military base and open to the general public? I did my basic training there in 1964.
Dec 20, 2020 11:19:10 #
Ft Jackson where you trained is near Columbia, SC. The one I mentioned is Civil War era in Savannah.
Dec 20, 2020 11:21:07 #
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