Read the original Post and Courier article here None of Charleston’s historic buildings exist in a vacuum, and the long-vacant art deco storefront at 609 King St. is a good example; it ultimately might owe its very survival to that fact. The building, owned by Evening Post Industries, which also owns this newspaper, is in […]
Read the original College Today article here Since its launch in 2014, the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative (LDHI) has worked with scholars and students to produce online exhibits, each dedicated to illuminating the Lowcountry’s forgotten histories. With topics spanning enslaved African Muslims to Charleston’s first Latino communities, LDHI’s team believes digital interpretation can play a […]
Watch the original Live 5 News interview here CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A request to demolish a building on King Street for a proposed senior living facility has been withdrawn. A North Carolina developer and assisted living facility operator had proposed a seven-story senior living facility on upper King Street, but before construction on the […]
Watch the original Live 5 News interview here CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A North Carolina developer and assisted living facility operator is proposing a seven-story senior living facility on upper King Street. Liberty Senior Living said it plans to build a facility that would span across 550,000 square feet and contain more than 200 rooms. […]
by Brian Turner, Preservation Society of Charleston Director of Advocacy Last week, state regulators issued a stop-work order to protect an African American burial ground in Cainhoy from an encroaching residential subdivision. The order references new physical evidence of graves brought forward by community advocates and Councilmember Marie Delcioppo. The move is a major breakthrough […]
Read the original Post and Courier article here CAINHOY — The developer of the Oak Bluff subdivision must stop all work and arrange for a new archaeological survey of a portion of the property that includes an African American burial ground. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, which has jurisdiction over gravesites, sent […]