Downtown Savannah Post-War Modern Architecture Tour
Friday, May 13, 201610 AM - 11:30 AMEDT
| Meet in front of Drayton Tower (Drayton and Liberty Streets)
Savannah, GA, USRelated
This tour explores the rich but often uncelebrated post-World War II architectural modernism that characterizes parts of downtown, especially along Broughton Street. Beginning in the 1940s, downtown Savannah enjoyed a relative building boom of new theaters, commercial structures and apartment buildings. Stripped of traditional ornament and often rejecting traditional classical symmetry, modernist buildings reflected the enthusiasm for all things new after the war, yet they also often reflect a degree of respect for the city’s urban traditions that is not always obvious.
All tours are free and open to the public. Reservations required.
"Reading the City" is a Public Programs Series presented by the Society of Architectural Historians and Savannah College of Art and Design, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Georgia Humanities Council.
These programs are designed to support and help publicize the Buildings of Savannah book, authored by Robin Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell and Karl Schuler. Buildings of Savannah is part of the Buildings of the United States series sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians and published by the University of Virginia Press.
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