Urban Traces

Robin B. Williams, Ph.D. is an architectural and urban historian based in Savannah, from where he explores the history of cities big and small. "Urban Traces" is a reference to both the investigations into cities' history and the layers of history of buildings, streets and public and private spaces that tell the story of urban change.

Other YouTube videos featuring Robin Williams linked below:

"How Historic Street Pavement Modernized the City," TEDx Savannah, May 25, 2017

"200 Years of William Jay Architecture," lecture given at the Telfair Museum of Art, August 23, 2019

"Richmond Hill Plantation: Henry & Clara Ford's Southern Home," Richmond Hill Historical Society, Jan 29, 2020

"Regency and Gothic Revival: Architecture of the South," English Speaking Union national Happy Hour talk, July 23, 2020

"Georgia Uncovered: Tomochichi," interviewed by Stan Deaton, GHS, May 20, 2025