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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]