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Andaz Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, United States · Andaz · Core Luxury
Andaz Savannah opened in 2009 at 14 Barnard Street on Ellis Square, first as Avia, on the site of the 1733 City Market inside Oglethorpe's grid. The square's market hall came down in 1954 for a garage and returned as a square in 2008-2010. Hyatt rebranded it Andaz around 2011.
- 151 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Neighborhood: Savannah Historic District
- Rooms from 305 sq ft (28 m²)
About Andaz Savannah
- The hotel fronts directly onto Ellis Square, one of the 22 historic squares in James Oglethorpe's celebrated 1733 city grid for Savannah.
- The square's original 19th-century market building was demolished in 1954 for a parking garage, a decision later reversed when the square was restored in 2008 and 2010.
- Opened in 2009 as the Avia Savannah, it is credited as the first large-scale high-end hotel in Savannah before being rebranded Andaz around 2011-2012.
History
Ellis Square in Savannah is one of the twenty-two historic squares that constitute the framework of James Oglethorpe's 1733 grid ; one of the most celebrated acts of urban planning in American history, and the organizational spine of a city that the National Register of Historic Places recognizes as the Savannah Historic Landmark District. Ellis Square itself was for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries the location of the City Market, a covered market structure that served as Savannah's principal commercial hub. The original market building was demolished in 1954 and replaced by a parking garage, a decision that became one of the most lamented acts of mid-century urban renewal in the South. The square was eventually restored in 2008 and 2010, the parking structure removed, and the space reconfigured as a public square with underground parking, recovering something of Oglethorpe's original civic vision.
Andaz Savannah opened in 2009 at 14 Barnard Street, fronting directly onto Ellis Square in the heart of the National Historic Landmark District, positioning the hotel at what amounts to the social center of the city Savannah's own boosters call the most architecturally intact antebellum city in America. The 151-room hotel was built as a contemporary structure but designed with the proportions and materials consciousness appropriate to its historic setting ; a block from City Market, five minutes' walk from the Telfair Academy of Art and the SCAD campus, and within the geometric logic of Oglethorpe's squares.
The rooftop pool and terrace with fire pit, the airy restaurant serving Southern-inflected cuisine, and the complimentary minibars that are the Andaz brand standard have made the hotel a social address as well as a place to sleep. For visitors attempting to understand Savannah's physical environment ; the canopy of live oaks, the sequenced squares, the layers of Federal and Greek Revival and Italianate architecture ; the location directly on Ellis Square provides the most immediate possible orientation. The city's rhythm, which resists the hurry of most American urban places, arrives at the front door.
The setting
Andaz Savannah stands at 14 Barnard Street on Ellis Square, the site of Savannah's original City Market dating to 1733 ; the commercial and social nucleus of Oglethorpe's storied grid of public squares. Today the square anchors a vibrant pedestrian precinct of galleries, live music, and restaurants that make this one of the Historic District's most walkable addresses. The Olde Pink House, a celebrated colonial dining landmark, is six minutes away on foot; the Telfair Museums ; the South's oldest public art institution ; nine minutes; and the Owens-Thomas House, a Regency masterwork of 1819, is thirteen minutes by foot, with the Historic District's mossy squares extending in every direction. 9-minute walk to Savannah Theater.
Restaurants and bars
- 22 Square Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant · Southern (US)
Experiences
- 22 Square market-to-table dining — Communal-table restaurant serving a market-to-table coastal menu with local ingredients and southern specialties, plus evening cocktail parties.
- Rotating local art shows — Rotating art shows featuring works by local artists, including those from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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