Robin B. Williams, Ph.D. is an architectural and urban historian based in Savannah, from where he explores the history of cities big and small. "Urban Traces" is a reference to both the investigations into cities' history and the layers of history of buildings, streets and public and private spaces that tell the story of urban change.
Other RU-vid videos featuring Robin Williams:
"How Historic Street Pavement Modernized the City," TEDx Savannah, May 25, 2017 -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OHaYaa5Zc1Y.html
"200 Years of William Jay Architecture," lecture given at the Telfair Museum of Art, August 23, 2019 -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ujpjGQVt9r0.html
"Regency and Gothic Revival: Architecture of the South," English Speaking Union national Happy Hour talk, July 23, 2020 -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-K-K0wuqZhJY.html [talk begins at 6:47]
The largest slave auction - 436 men, women, and children - occurred in Savannah in 1859. It was known as “the weeping time.” A historical marker was erected in 2008 - a little late for the slave individuals and families torn apart. Marker Text: One of the largest sales of enslaved persons in U.S. history took place on March 2-3, 1859, at the Ten Broeck Race Course 1/4 mile southwest of here. To satisfy his creditors, Pierce M. Butler sold 436 men, women, and children from his Butler Island and Hampton plantations near Darien, Georgia. The breakup of families and the loss of home became part of African-American heritage remembered as "the weeping time." The event was reported extensively in the northern press and reaction to the sale deepened the nation's growing sectional divide in the years immediately preceding the Civil War. Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and the City of Savannah Tips for Finding This Site: Southwest of the intersection of Dunn Street and Augusta Road in Savannah
Growing up in Savannah in the 1950's and 60's I remember my mother taking me downtown and us sitting on the Customs House steps to watch the Saint Patrick's Day parade.
I visited this area(s) and was amazed by the history....and beauty. This is a great video as well the guide and speaker. Thank you for your work, time, and historical background, which is sooo interesting. 😊
Professor Robinson, I’m a single …Divorcee @age 71 year R Naval Officer and Registered Nurse… next ordering two Pecan Trees! The President of my HOA did a two prong Attack…I’m gonna tear ‘em all out! My trees or my teeth. He and his wife broke one, I needed two months dental surgery at VAMC Washington DC and Surgical Food came. I’m asking to Review Anger Management now… Tonight 13 June 2024, the wind was a blowin! All my tree and shrub planting efforts these past thirty three years… thank Beaufort, South Carolina and Jim Williams, and Joe Mix and Padang Huff…
Professor Williams, so happy for your bring up… I will listen to refresh my memory! Congrats SCAG Chair! Bravo! I’m graduate of AACC Applied Science Architectire , 2010… Build us something, Nurse Jane… well yes! I have… Hurricane Proofing is my theme now! So nice to re-hear Queen Ann Style… and why… Design ingenuity for one’s self is so personal… just yesterday DJT put into media… he’s planning to retire to Lone Star State… well that opens possibilities upon possibilities, doesn’t it? Thank you Professor! Stay safe! NJ
Mr Williams, Professor Williams, Sir, “Range Markers” yes, that object which guided me in laying out my Hurricane Proffing Garden Tableau! The Yucca are breaching and in perfect alignment… for me…seeing markers in the night’s light guides me back into my inside spaces and then I can walk safely to my steps, door and tend my Protection Dogs! Savannah helped me envision what was done, folks like you stressed the contextual context, this video is fabulous! I took it and now must sit back water, mulch, spray and watch…thirty years… My Mini areas! No more golf court grass lands up against the Chesapeake Bay Bulk Head, Section E, Lots 3 and 4! Better professors guided me… Thank you! Stay beautiful! Nurse. Jane from Deale, Maryland
Fantastic! You have such an in-depth knowledge of the history, materials, the uses and how men progressed forward! I’ll be studying this for a couple days, cause now I must sleep! Thank you so very much! Stay safe
Absolutely Excellent intro to Greek revival! Bravo! So nice to listen to Savannah’s waterfront again…last there…1981…Baltimore has a a nice Customs House in Fells Point. The difference between Savannah and Baltimore… my “Heart” was left in the Plantations of Beaufort S.C. And my fun times in Pirates House, as an example. Sir are you any relation to the late Jim Williams?
@@urbantraces9640 We have a large bronze stature placed upon a large granite base in a square located between Mulberry and Third Street here in Macon Bibb County Georgia 31201.
I sure have enjoyed this video about the history of the CofG. I know that Southern Railways bought the Central of Georgia in 1963. Then Southern Railways was purchased by Norfolk & Southern in 1982, as well as Norfolk Western. The latest engine I run on my CofG layout is an EMD GP-38-2. Most are steam engines I have repainted and decaled for the CofG. How familiar are you with the "Nancy Hanks" and the "Man O War?" It is my understanding that the Nancy Hanks was not named for Abraham Lincoln's mother rather named after a race horse that was named after Lincoln's mother as was the Man O War was named from a race horse. My wife remembers the Nancy Hanks II running in the mid 1960's, pulled by an E-8 engine through Jonesboro, GA. Cheers - TN
I model the Central of Georgia in HO gauge. Still building up my roster of CofG rolling stock. Pullman coaches with the CofG livery are impossible to fine. Thanks for taking me along on this tour, as it sure is interesting to see the old CofG workings from the days of yore. I've been to Savannah several times but the facility was always closed when I was there. Guess this will be as close as I will ever get to see the CofG facilities. I love the history of the CofG. I'm 72 now and still play with trains. I wish I could tour the CofG facilities before I croak. Things were so much simpler in the 19th century. I've seen only one photo of an engine from the CofG from the 19th century and it was an old 10 wheeler (4-6-0) and I would have thought that there would have been quite a few American standard engines (4-4-0) in the roster. I've researched the roster for the CofG and the 10 wheeler is the earliest engine I've found. I wonder what type of coal the CofG used, anthracite or bituminous coal. Anthracite is the preferred coal 'cause it burns hotter and with little smoke. That sure is a dinky little steam engine. There's a guy in NC, that collects and refurbishes steam engines and he's got an old Corliss engine that dwarfs that little red engine in the power house. I would have thought that the steam engine in the power house would have been a much larger engine to support the line drives. Cheers from an ex-Georgian in eastern TN
Thanks for this fascinating tour of Savannah's waterfront. The preservation of the area is quite remarkable. The use of stone ballast to make beautiful and enduring retaining walls is particularly notable as is the way the formal city proper was structurally linked to the riverside commercial area and then through shipping, to the world. The Hyatt Regency is a crudely designed over-scaled intrusion -- hard on the eyes! The demolished buildings today would have been repurposed into something special, adding more to Savannah's historical allure...
What a beautiful home! I’m so glad that it wasn’t demolished in order to put in a parking lot. Georgian/Federal architecture is my favorite style, and the classic furniture styles of that time are simple but elegant. The trompe l’oielle (French for “fool the eye”) wall painting meant to look like silk wall hangings in the parlor is exquisite. Do you know if this house and it’s original furnishings were built/made by enslaved craftsmen or if the furnishings were made in the North or in Great Britain or Europe?
