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Urban Traces
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 3 เม.ย. 2020
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 TH-cam videos featuring Robin Williams:
"How Historic Street Pavement Modernized the City," TEDx Savannah, May 25, 2017 -- th-cam.com/video/OHaYaa5Zc1Y/w-d-xo.html
"200 Years of William Jay Architecture," lecture given at the Telfair Museum of Art, August 23, 2019 -- th-cam.com/video/ujpjGQVt9r0/w-d-xo.html
"Regency and Gothic Revival: Architecture of the South," English Speaking Union national Happy Hour talk, July 23, 2020 -- th-cam.com/video/K-K0wuqZhJY/w-d-xo.html [talk begins at 6:47]
Other TH-cam videos featuring Robin Williams:
"How Historic Street Pavement Modernized the City," TEDx Savannah, May 25, 2017 -- th-cam.com/video/OHaYaa5Zc1Y/w-d-xo.html
"200 Years of William Jay Architecture," lecture given at the Telfair Museum of Art, August 23, 2019 -- th-cam.com/video/ujpjGQVt9r0/w-d-xo.html
"Regency and Gothic Revival: Architecture of the South," English Speaking Union national Happy Hour talk, July 23, 2020 -- th-cam.com/video/K-K0wuqZhJY/w-d-xo.html [talk begins at 6:47]
Parkside Street Tree Project GoFundMe Campaign
Residents of the historic Parkside neighborhood in Savannah have spearheaded a tree-planting effort since spring 2021, having planted about 115 trees so far. We need to plant at least 120 more trees to fill in the gaps in neighborhood's tree canopy. Our fundraising target is $35,000 -- www.gofundme.com/f/Parkside-trees. Special thanks to Guerrilla Productions LLC for producing the video!
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Tactical Architectural History Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent, Savannah: Episode 2
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The Tactical Architectural History team brings architectural history to the people by highlighting the features of houses and writing those on the sidewalks for all to enjoy. This is the second episode on Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent and highlights the stylistic variety of houses on 45th Street.
Learning from Savannah SCAD's Poetter Hall
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In this architectural and urban tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed analysis of the history of SCAD's first building, Poetter Hall, from what existed on the site previously, its use as a militia company armory to its impact on the growth of SCAD's distributed campus of repurposed historic buildings.
Tactical Architectural History Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent, Savannah, Episode 1 (Before and After)
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The Tactical Architectural History team brings architectural history to the people by highlighting the features of houses and writing those on the sidewalks for all to enjoy. This is the first episode on Ardsley Park-Chatham Crescent and highlights outstanding historic preservation work.
Savannah's Historic Suburbs An Architectural and Urban Tour
มุมมอง 36K4 ปีที่แล้ว
In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed analysis of Savannah's historic suburbs, from the Victorian District to post-war subdivisions, and the factors that motivated people to move away from the city center.
Savannah City Hall Architectural Tour
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In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed analysis of Savannah's City Hall, arguably the city's most iconic building and a fascinating combination of modern technology and traditional classical style. Guest appearances by Luciana Spracher, Director, City of Savannah Municipal Archives, and Nick Palumbo, District 4 Alderman, City of Savannah. Correction based on feedback fr...
Broughton Street Savannah Architectural Tour
มุมมอง 13K4 ปีที่แล้ว
In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed analysis of Savannah's main downtown commercial corridor Broughton Street paying special attention to how architectural design and materials helped attract customers. Correction from viewer feedback: 24:11 I mistakenly say that Kress & Co. was the predecessor of K-mart. It was actually the retailer Kresge's (S.S. Kresge Company) th...
Savannah's Historic Waterfront An Architectural and Urban Tour
มุมมอง 83K4 ปีที่แล้ว
In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed exploration of Savannah's historic waterfront, a unique built environment of warehouses, cobblestone ramps, retaining walls and iron bridges. Correction based on viewer feedback: 17:49 It was George Baldwin, not William Baldwin, who invited William Gibbons Preston to Savannah.
Central of Georgia Railroad Shops Complex Savannah Architectural Tour
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In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed exploration of 1850s through 1920s industrial architecture at the Central of Georgia Railroad Railroad Shops complex in Savannah, Georgia. Round House 02:02 Machine Shop 09:03 Line Shaft Demonstration 10:51 Tender Frame Shop 14:25 Blacksmith Shop 16:31 Smoke Stack 20:29 Power House 23:56 Steam Engine Demonstration 28:25 Transfer Ta...
Four Savannah Churches Architectural Tour
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In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed architectural exploration of four churches in downtown Savannah, Georgia Independent Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, St. John's Episcopal Church and the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Independent Presbyterian Church 01:14 First Baptist Church 16:23 St. John's Episcopal Church 24:57 Cathedral Basilica of St. ...
Tactical Architectural History Parkside Savannah, Episode 2
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The Tactical Architectural History team brings architectural history to the people by highlighting the features of houses and writing those on the sidewalks for all to enjoy while sheltering at home during the Coronavirus. This is the second of several episodes on Parkside. Houses visited in this episode: 1401 East 48th St. 00:10 1226 East 48th St. 02:18 1508 East 48th St. 04:34
Tactical Architectural History Parkside Savannah, Episode 1
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The Tactical Architectural History team brings architectural history to the people by highlighting the features of houses and writing those on the sidewalks for all to enjoy while sheltering at home during the Coronavirus. This is the first of several episodes on Parkside. Houses visited: 1202 East 48th St. 00:43 1211 East 48th St. 03:47
Davenport House Savannah Architectural Tour
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In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers on a detailed architectural exploration of the Isaiah Davenport House in Savannah, Georgia, from the basement to behind-the-scenes access in the attic.
Downtown Savannah Reading Urban Form
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In this tour, Dr. Robin B. Williams takes viewers across five of Savannah's squares and explores the key features of the city's celebrated urban plan.
excellent information...thanks!!
very interesting a shame i missed it when i passed through best of luck to the museum
Anybody remember Anneewakee, in Douglas, GA? Check the names…
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
PS.: I used to live in Savannah
And I’m white.
Sorry - AND I graduated Summa Cum Laude from SCAD in the protest year of 1992! I hope that’s all…
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you!
Wonderful job,beautiful city
This was my families furniture store in the late 50's to early 70's
That church has a masonic floor..
Those are temples of the Greek Gods..Why dont you mention that????
That was certainly a concern of some in the 19th century who saw Gothic as a truly Christian architecture. Thank you for your comment.
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.
Original sin comes from Adam.
Hello...❤😊
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. 😊
Thank you for the history of the savannah waterfront. Loved this video.
Your content has made a real impact on me.
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…
Awesome! This is very informative and presented in a very interesting manner. Thank you for you work on this.
Professor Robin thank you…!
Minute 13:30 where Dr. Williams pointing is the corner of Jefferson St. and Broughton St. The previous corner is Barnard St. & Broughton St.
Thank you for the correction.
Thank you for this wonderful overview. Superbly done. I hope that your viewership will keep growing!
Ah the port for slave ships?
Fantastic post Dr.Williams!
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
Amazing and so informative
These suburbs are fucking beautiful. I just can’t! Which we still made streetcars and street car suburbs like this
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?
Gorgeous Catholic Church.
What a rich presentation. Thankyou for the extensive research and filming that went into this work!.
Wow what an amazing part of American history,only if the walls could tell the tales.imprrssive.thank you
The so called slave pins were not built until after the Civil War!
Wow, thanks!
Excellent historical presentation of my favorite southern city's riverfront.
We once had a railroad complex like this here in Macon Bibb county Georgia which was torn down.
I'm sorry to hear that. Savannah has been very fortunate in having at least some of its industrial heritage preserved.
@@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.
Excellent video 😂
You forgot one thing about those store what they were selling was slaves and exporting the goods from their labor
Allegedly……. 😂 👍🏻
Very entertaining. I love the city of Savannah.
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
I love places with differnt types of elevation like this, it adds so much character
That was great, so interesting. Thank you
Thank you! Great content
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...
Custom House. Collected duty on ENSLAVED, HUMANLY TRAFFICKED AFRICANS. YOU skipped that part. THE LARGEST MONEYMAKER IN THE USA.
They own people sold them…… 🤦🏻♂️
Who BUILT it?
More houses and a little less talking ,please
Excellent Broadcast! I will definitely reference next trip to Savannah! Thank You!
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?
I would love to visit this place. It's not only beautiful but has such a rich history. ❤