Designerbee

Keep me updated. I'm curious too. I was really upset when they first announced they would be turned into condos. I was living there at the time. Drayton Tower was really the last affordable place to live in downtown and many of the residents had been there for many years - some as many as 20+! Those people I'm sure will end up in nursing homes as their rent was locked in long ago and they were downtown so they had better mobility. I'm happy that the building is being restored but a piece of important affordable housing is lost. The building was actually built under an act after WWII to provide affordable housing to bachelors after the war or childless couples. It remined that way for over 50 years!

I lived there for 3 years actually. I moved last June. Its being converted to luxury condos. You can get in contact with Mopper Stapen for more info. Since they are pretty much gutting the building, whatever I have to say won't really matter but I can say that its the best location in town and has amazing views. I was on the 8th floor facing south and saw miles of tree tops and church steeples. I really miss it! I also am a SCAD alumni in interior design. http://www.mopper-stapen.com/residential.shtml Rebirth of the Tower

You need to upload the pictures to a hosting site. Try www.photobucket.com It's free. Once you upload the photos you will see three options for addresses for the photos. URL: http:// Tag: <img IMG: http:// Choose the IMG option and just paste that address in the reply box on this forum. That should post the photo.

Oh ok. That's a hotel that recently opened on Bay Street. www.gardenhotelsavannah.com The other crane shot at the bottom of that urban Savannah gallery is of the parking garage that I mentioned before.

SCAD has made a huge impact on the revitilization of downtown. Many of the city's old grade schools were unused. SCAD puchased these buildings and restored them and use them to hold classes. There are also several warehouses that were empty and abandoned and the college has restored those as well. I think one of the benefits of SCAD is that these buildings no longer had a use and would most likely sit empty for decades if SCAD didn't purchase and restore them. Their preservation efforts alone are outstanding -especially for buildings that only a college could make use out of. In addition to the preservation, the influx of students in downtown has allowed for more businesses to flourish. All of this activity of course makes it safer and cleans up the city. But - Savannah does still have a serious crime problem. A tourist would most likely not notice this at first glance. The most serious crimes are generally confined to the people involved in drug activity but muggings and car theft happen regularly. Since Savannah is such a walkable city with scattered "bad parts of town" and bordered on the east and west by housing projects, crime is prevalent. But I can say in the 4 years that I lived there (Sept. 2001-June 2005) I saw a drastic improvement of downtown; especially Broughton Street. Much of it was boarded up when I first came to Savannah and now it is flourishing. **I am a SCAD alumni Could you be more specific of what photo you saw? It could have been the parking garage that was recently built on Liberty and MLK. It was completed this spring.

Some people don't like malls. I just moved from Savannah and miss being able to walk around everywhere like I could there. Atlantic station will give people like me a little piece of that and encourage other retailers to follow suit. Other people do like the malls. I think there is a place for each of them.

Ha I just noticed that. I was a little embarassed.. but he does have some beautiful photos of my favorite city.

This photographer has some great pictures of savannah. http://www.pbase.com/savannahga/root