Author: preservation-admin
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Preservation Society of Charleston’s Fall Tours Shares This Week’s Lineup Highlights
Read the original Holy City Sinner article here. Press Release In celebration of Charleston, the Preservation Society of Charleston’s Fall Tours & Master Series offers guests rich and rare glimpses into a city defined by its historic architecture, intimate gardens, and diverse cultural heritage. Now in its 45th year, the annual Fall Tours & Master…
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PSC Seeks to Intervene in 295 Calhoun Lawsuit
Charleston County Courthouse, courtesy Warren LeMay, Wikimedia Commons The PSC has submitted a Petition to Intervene in a lawsuit filed by the developers of 295 Calhoun that challenges the authority of the Board of Architectural Review (BAR). The Board’s decision to deny the proposed 8-story, mixed-use building echoed comments presented by PSC that the design…
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City Plan Adopted, Sets Priorities For Charleston’s Next Decade
The City Plan recognizes at least 56 historic, African American settlement communities and neighborhoods, which are now included on Future Land Use Maps in the Land Use element of the Plan. This week, Charleston City Council formally adopted the City Plan, Charleston’s new 10-year Comprehensive Plan. The Preservation Society has been an active stakeholder throughout the…
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Preservation Society Launches National Search for Chief Executive Officer
FOR RELEASE: October 13, 2021 CONTACT: Betsy Cahill, Chair of the Board, bcahill@preservationsociety.org, or John Massalon, Chair of the Search Committee, jmassalon@wmalawfirm.net PRESERVATION SOCIETY LAUNCHES NATIONAL SEARCH Interim Executive Director In Place to Ensure Smooth Leadership Transition Charleston, SC: The Chair of the Preservation Society’s Board, Betsy Cahill, today announced a national search for a…
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In its 90th Year, Charleston’s Board of Architectural Review Encounters New Challenges
Map of the original boundaries of the Old and Historic District, established 1931. Since then, the district and purview of the BAR has expanded to cover the majority of historic resources on the Charleston peninsula. By Erin Minnigan and Brian Turner On October 13, 1931 Charleston City Council adopted the landmark ordinance that created the…
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Developer appeals Charleston board’s denial of planned 8-story apartment building’s design
Read the original Post and Courier article here. An Augusta, Ga., developer wants to build an eight-story apartment building at 295 Calhoun St. across from the medical district, but Charleston’s Board of Architectural Review recently denied initial approval for a second time, leading the developer to appeal the decision and file for pre-litigation mediation. DCS…
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Lawsuit Challenges Authority of BAR
Conceptual design for 295 Calhoun Street, denied by the BAR in August 2021 The Georgia-based owner of 295 Calhoun has appealed the Board of Architectural Review’s denial of its design for an 8-story, mixed-use, residential building on the site. The applicant’s request for conceptual approval was twice denied based on inappropriate height, scale, mass and…
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Advocacy Alert: Courier Square Phase II Bar Review
Overall site plan for the Courier Square Phase II redevelopment proposal with four buildings: an 8-story mixed-use residential building at 635 King Street; a 15-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail at the corner of King and Line; a 50-unit apartment building at the corner of St. Philip at Line; and 28-unit apartment building at 230…
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Bennet Rice Mill Digital Documentation
. Image captured via drone by Dr. Brent Fortenberry, August 2021 (L) HABS photograph of the original structure, May 1958 (R) The façade of the Bennett Rice Mill is the last vestige of a c. 1845 structure significant to the history of rice production in Charleston. One of very few urban rice mill sites remaining in the U.S., the ruin of…
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Preservation Victories for Phillips Community
Aerial showing Phillips on right, suburban development on left, courtesy of Coastal Conservation League The Phillips Community has had a string of preservation victories that we are excited to share with you! From progress on the National Register nomination, to designation as Charleston County’s first historic district, to minimized impacts from the Highway 41 project, there…