Savannah Landscapes
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Historic Districts
Georgia became the
13th and last of England's original American colonies when English General
James Oglethorpe navigated up the Savannah River. Oglethorpe surveyed
the lots and squares of Savannah with regard to the local terrain -- typical
of colonial
administrators.
Immediately outside the Historic
District black concentrations are over 60 percent.
Examine the current distribution of blacks and
median family income in Savannah.
The city's
22 remaining squares (out of the original
24) -- shown with red circles on the above
map -- give the city its distinctive
character.
This house is in the black section
that is being gentrified (1997); its selling price is $40,000;
when renovated
it will sell for $140,000, making it unaffordable for most of the resident
black population. Gentrification
of the most elaborate Queen Anne houses along streets close to the west side
of Forsyth Park has already
occurred.
