Savannah was designed and laid out by George Oglethorpe in the early 1730s. His plan for the city was an ambitious one aesthetically, as he designed 24 town squares, 22 of which are still in existence, adding very pleasant green spaces to the city.
The roof of City Hall was guilded with gold leaf in the 1970s.
The African-American architecture, by economic necessity, tends to be much more modest and several of the preserved buildings are made of wood, in contrast to much more expensive brick and stone.
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