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Richard Kessler:
The Face of 2020/Cover 1/2
The man who built a hotel empire
has turned his creative vision toward
reinventing the city of Savannah.
When Kessler sets his sights on
transforming a historic property,
the results are always exquisite.
Before he opened the doors on Plant
Riverside District, he gave South
magazine a peek inside and shared
his vision for this magnificent new
River Street destination.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
A word from South
magazine founder
Michael Brooks on
what it means to reach
a milestone third
edition of Faces of the
South and 15 years of
publication excellence.
34 CONTRIBUTORS
Meet a few of the
talented writers,
photographers and
artists who joined in to
help make Faces of the
South a reality.
75 BRIAN KEMP
THE FACE OF GEORGIA
Our new governor
is already making
Georgia great again,
with his blend of un-PC
honesty and downhome
common sense.
106 THE FIRST DECADE
Join us as we look back
on the far-flung origins
of South magazine
during the salad days of
the mid-aughts.
Cover Photo: Mark Staff
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FACES OF THE SOUTH
The Trilogy Edition 2020