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- As we continue our tour of downtown Savannah,
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we're now at one of the most popular squares.
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We're in Forsyth Park,
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and it is a wonderful area
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where people come to just enjoy the surroundings.
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I think there's a restaurant over here now, isn't it, Eddie?
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- [Eddie] I think down by the band shell,
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they may have something now. - Yeah, yeah.
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They'll have a farmer's market here sometimes on Saturdays.
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Just a lot of things to see and do.
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So this is at the very end of Bull Street.
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- [Eddie] So this really is-
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- [Paula Deen] This is the last square, isn't it?
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- This was the- - From the river.
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- [Eddie] Well, right.
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It's not really considered a square.
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- It's a park. - It's a park.
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And it is a very big park, it goes-
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- [Eddie] All the way down.
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I think it goes a mile down.
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- Oh, look at that red bird.
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- You'll see people skateboarding.
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You'll see them out here playing football.
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I remember when Jack graduated from BC,
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they all gathered here in Forsyth Park.
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I think it was for the parade.
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And actually, that's what this was actually created for,
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- [Eddie] Yeah, back in-
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And it was actually, I think, created almost...
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Almost like a century after Savannah was founded in 1733.
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- [Eddie] And I think this was laid out around 1840-
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- Eddie, you know, you could really pick up some extra money
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being a tour guide. (laughs)
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Because when he moved to Savannah
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to start going to SCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design,
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he really, really checked his new city out,
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from stem to stern, y'all.
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- [Eddie] So the fountain was just repaired.
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They completely disassembled it and-
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- [Eddie] Shipped it off and it was completely worked over.
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And it just arrived back in Savannah,
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what, maybe about six months ago?
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- [Paula Deen] Wow, yeah.
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And they die this green
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at St. Patrick's time.
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They used to die the river, didn't they Eddie?
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- Yes, yes. - At St. Patrick's, but-
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- [Eddie] But our water,
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the Savannah River was so murky
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and the green didn't work-
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- [Paula Deen] So dark.
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Yeah, you wouldn't be able to see it.
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- So they've got swans- - Isn't beautiful.
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- [Eddie] And merman.
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- [Paula Deen] So beautiful.
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And you know, Eddie, I don't know if you noticed,
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but we passed one couple
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that was having their pictures made.
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And I noticed she had on an engagement ring.
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Handsome, beautiful young couple
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taking their engagement pictures down here around town.
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Many, many beautiful spots- - Oh, Savannah is definitely
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a destination place for weddings.
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So y'all can see we're headed to the other end of the park.
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And Eddie said that there's a fragrance garden down here
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that I didn't know about.
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So we're going to do some smelling.
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Not spelling, smelling.
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You know, I told you there's a lot of things
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that people do here at Forsyth Park.
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There is a yoga class going on over there
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on that part of the park.
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And I tell you what, I need to be there, but I ain't.
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So this is the fragrance garden, y'all.
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And they keep it locked.
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- [Eddie] People have weddings in there.
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Look at how sweet that is.
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Look at the roses, Eddie.
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- [Paula Deen] I wonder if there's any gardenias in there.
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I bet there is. - I bet there is, yeah.
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- [Paula Deen] I love that bench over there.
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This truly is a big park, y'all.
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And over there, I saw some kids
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that looked like they had formed a football team
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and were playing football.
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Look, somebody painted their initials on the column.
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- [Eddie] Look at these gates down here.
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- [Paula Deen] All right, there's the engagement couple
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- [Eddie] So this is kind of new.
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I haven't been through Forsyth Park in a while,
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and I haven't seen this little kind of...
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It's like your courtyard- - Uh-huh.
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- With the laid out paths. - Yes.
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- [Eddie] This all looks kinda new.
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- [Paula Deen] Uh-huh, I love it.
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We're getting into the Victorian district.
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- [Eddie] Yes, the big...
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Most of the houses in the historic district
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are either brick or stucco.
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- [Eddie] And these are starting to get
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into the wood framed homes
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with the big front porches.
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- The gingerbread house
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is down at the end of the park.
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And I used to do so much catering there
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at the gingerbread house.
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as you could ever hope to find here in Savannah.
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We have a lot of BnBs here in town.
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And I believe that's maybe-
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- [Eddie] That's the Forsyth Park, yeah.
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- [Paula Deen] Forsyth Park Inn.
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And you see those people over there rocking on the chairs.
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They are sitting up there
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enjoying some of the sights and sounds here in Savannah.
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- [Eddie] I always liked this red brick one.
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It really sticks out, doesn't it?
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Against all the wood houses.
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