Archive for the 'City Planning' Category

Posted in Real Estate, City Planning, Politics

Will that be paper or plastic?

Date November 9th, 2006 Comment 4 Comments

This bit of news was passed on to me by another concerned citizen in Savannah in regards to our insance rubbish and waste problem. Read on:
Our community is in the 11th hour and 45th minute of an effort to implement a residential recycling program in the City. Next week at their retreat, the […]

Posted in Real Estate, City Planning, History

Savannah sets some “lofty” goals

Date October 15th, 2006 Comment No Comments

I am always amazed at the number of lofts that continue to show up on the real estate landscape. It is not just in Savannah either. It is all over. I think the algebraic function behind it is 1X + 1Y = countless numbers. X = person with idea while Y […]

Posted in Misc., City Planning

A thought on parallel parking

Date October 11th, 2006 Comment No Comments

We all know that on Broughton Street here in downtown Savannah there are several parallel parking spots that are marked with “2 Hour Parking Limit”. Now, in other cities when I have seen such a rule I also see parking attendants that walk down the road with something that resembles a piece of chalk […]

Posted in Tourism, City Planning

Does city planning include parking availability?

Date October 3rd, 2006 Comment 2 Comments

The other day I toiled effortlessly to find a parking spot in downtown Savannah. Ordinarily I would consider it a normal day. Except this was a Monday at 4:50pm. I guess now that I see that in print (ok….so a blog isn’t print, I admit) I realize that isn’t even so odd. […]