A Footprint of Retail and World History
While exploring Savannah, GA with my boys this summer, we made an interesting discovery! On Broughton Street, right next to their favorite toy and comic book store and diagonally across from my favorite ice cream place, is a historical footprint. The footprint marks where Woolworth’s, the famous five-and-dime store once stood in Savannah. I love how Savannah preserves its history so well! This marker could have easily been uprooted and discarded years ago. Long before there w