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General Oglethorpe planned Savannah around its squares. The flow of traffic was not an important consideration for Oglethorpe. A good defense against the Spanish, the French and the Indians was critical. The squares offered assembly areas, training grounds and bivouac sites for troops and militia forces. |
| Defense was Oglethorpe's prime priority in planning Fort Frederica. The whole settlement was surrounded with defensive works including a moat and wooden palisade as well as a tabby citadel on the Frederica River. |
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Brunswick was founded in 1771 and its plan does not resemble that of Savannah. By 1771 Georgians no longer feared an attack from the Spanish, French and Indians. Brunswick's planners were little concerned with defense. Streets and the flow of traffic (as well as the beauty of the city) were their major concerns. Hanover Square is the only square in Brunswick which interrupts the rectilinear layout of the streets. |
