SAVANNAH HARBOR - 1 City With 2 Skylines, 2 Ports, 2 Race Tracks, 2 Halves of a Racing Heart!
Steamships such as The Savannah carried officers and race organizers from all over the world to Savannah's port from 1908-1911.  The Harbor Light situated at what is now known as Emmett Park is a great spot to see the location where ships docked, as well as to experience the unique "past and future" of racing.  Currently, if you look across the river at the beautiful Westin Savannah Harbor Resort, you will see both primitive beauty and modern luxury.  You can imagine people enjoying the waterfront 100 years ago, then look to the pretty paddlewheelers and picture those who might cross the Savannah River for racing in the future.  The Port on Hutchinson Island is one half of the heart of the city, while the downtown is the other. The island - Hutchinson Island - is also home to the Georgia Ports Authority, which has done an incredible job managing and developing the port activity of this seafaring city.  Ironically, it is from the same site, that you can look out to spot where a beautiful "purpose built road circuit" also exists on that island, which was custom made for modern racing - along with the best technology the world can offer.  The "circuit" has been highly touted by F1 drivers as a great track in a gorgeous location - and many top racing officials have long since claimed Savannah would one day be The Monaco of the East Coast.  It is a credit to the railroad barons, the city organizers, the port authorities and the businesses that existed in Savannah in 1908 - many of whom have ancestors who still live and work in Savannah today - that an event of such magnitude as the American Grand Prize was possible.  The Savannah River herself breathes a story of hard work and dreams that very few other cities could possibly bring to life.  But as you look at that River, and imagine those great ships, trains and race cars, all coming together around the enchanting blue waters, you can understand why Savannahians perhaps are amongst the rarest people in the world.  They can see the tide as it goes both ways - they can treasure the past while they build the future, and like the mighty Savannah River, they will never stop moving in either direction, nor see it as a contradiction to have it both ways.