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Today, the area is called the downtown design district. But in 1998, when
Jennifer Grayson opened One Fish Two Fish and Gale Singer started Circa Lighting
on then-rundown Whitaker Street, people thought they were crazy. "We called
ourselves the Wild Women on Whitaker," Jennifer recalls. They brought their dogs
and their kids to work, threw parties, and even turned a "trash heap" building
into a cheerful oasis with snappy awnings and flowering urns out front.
Today, shops and restaurants are sprouting like Spanish moss. So come and
enjoy, but bring plenty of quarters: the meter maids are fierce!
(a) Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has restored much local
architecture, including this 1946 cinema. (b) Silk-screening students at Working
Class Studio, a SCAD product development venture in which interns design,
manufacture, and market home accessories and other products. (c) Melamine salad
plate by Working Class Studio.
(d) High-end toiletries
and bathrobes tempt at The Paris Market & Brocante. (e) Circa Lighting’s
selection of vintage marine lights. (f) So much art, so little time? Visit shopSCAD, which gathers the work of
students, professors, staff, and alumni in one nifty shop. (g) Downtown pioneer Jennifer Grayson opened
One Fish Two Fish when few would take a risk on Whitaker Street. (h) Daniel
Shapiro’s self-framed Western-style tray art is a highlight of shopSCAD. (i)
Plates sporting decoupaged letters by artist John Derian peek from an old card
catalog at The Paris Market & Brocante.
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