Savannah: America's first planned city?

Established in 1733, Savannah claims it is America's first planned city.†

Georgia's founder and member of Britain's Parliament, Mr. James Oglethorpe designed the layout of Savannah, which was the first settlement in 1733 of the brand-new colony of Georgia. The Oxford graduate envisioned a land where the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment could be realized. The American Society of Civil Engineers observes of Savannah's original city layout: "The repetitive non-hierarchal placement of wards, squares, and equal-sized lots points to the utopian ideals of the colony."

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†Note: With due respect to the deeply historical and great city of Savannah, New Haven, Connecticut (est. 1638) says it is America's first planned city. And didn't William Penn do something with Philadelphia? Correct me if I'm wrong but I also vaguely recall that Saint Augustine in Florida (est. 1565) predated Jamestown and Plymouth settlements. Besides a big European-style brick fort, didn't it have a planned Spanish grid layout? But hey, Spanish-colony and Catholic. Doesn't count, right?😉 Having said that, this tourist saw a clear difference between the Enlightenment-inspired layout of Georgia's Savannah (see American Society of Civil Engineers comment above: e.g. non-hierarchical, parks equally available for each, abolitionist, equal-sized property plots) and Florida's pre-Enlightenment settlement of Saint Augustine.

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Taken in: United States / Georgia / Savannah (show map)

Taken on: February 27, 2024

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