Author: preservation-admin
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Preservation Society Names President & CEO
Charleston, SC: The Preservation Society of Charleston (PSC), the nation’s oldest grassroots preservation organization, today named Brian R. Turner as its new President & CEO. Mr. Turner, who has served as the PSC’s Director of Advocacy since January 2021, will assume his new duties on May 2. John Massalon, Chair of the Search Committee, said,…
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Charleston’s century-old Preservation Society names its next CEO
Read the original Post and Courier article here. The 102-year-old Preservation Society of Charleston, an early and potent voice in the development and redevelopment of the peninsula, has chosen its next leader from within. Brian Turner, the group’s director of advocacy, has been named president and CEO of the King Street organization. Turner moved to…
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56 Morris Street Update
Left: Current image of 56 Morris Street; Right: Rendering of design approved by the BAR on March 24, 2022, courtesy of Synchronicity In February, the PSC advocated to preserve the architectural character and form of the Green Book-listed Brooks Restaurant and Realty Company building at 56 Morris Street in response to a proposal to significantly alter the property. This one-story building…
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Design Charrette for Courier Square
Left: PSC Advocacy Team discuss conceptual design ideas with architect Christian Sottile; Right: Community stakeholders attend an “Open House Pin-Up” to review design progress Last week, the Preservation Society was pleased to participate in a multi-day design charrette held by Sottile and Sottile, Evening Post Industries, and Greystar for a major new building slated for…
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Advocacy Alert: BAR Denies Massive Building on Morrison Drive
Rendering of proposed apartment complex at 1142 Morrison Drive. Source: March 23, 2022 BAR-L Image Overview Last night, the Board of Architectural Review-Large unanimously denied a proposal for a 424-unit apartment complex at 1142 Morrison Drive. This is one of the largest development proposals to come forward in recent years, measuring over 1,000 linear feet…
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Jehossee Island in the News
Post and Courier reporter interviews U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Archaeologist, Rick Kanaski on Jehossee Island in February, 2022. This Sunday’s Post and Courier profiled ongoing preservation efforts at Jehossee Island. The front-page article and accompanying editorial highlighted coalition work the PSC has spearheaded to safeguard the important history of the former rice plantation once inhabited by one…
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Editorial: Jehossee Island is a priceless time capsule. Care for its contents.
Read the original Post and Courier article here. Contractor Beekman Webb checks his phone for an earlier image of the Jehossee Island Overseer’s House (in background), which he helped fix up. Robert Behre/Staff The role of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, protect and enhance our nation’s fish, wildlife and plants, so…
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On SC’s Jehossee Island, rare remnants of history and big potential for research
Read the original Post and Courier article here. Rick Kanaski, regional archaeologist and historic preservation officer with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, walks toward the former overseer’s house on Jehossee Island on Feb. 28, 2022. Gavin McIntyre/Staff JEHOSSEE ISLAND — This uninhabited island in the Lowcountry’s ACE Basin was the site of one of…
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Remembering the Heriot Street Cemetery
On an unassuming property at the peninsula’s northern edge, the land holds more than it appears. The Heriot Street Cemetery has scant remaining evidence of the lives interred there. The majority of its headstones are overgrown. But ongoing research reveals that this forgotten burial ground is the final resting place of over 1300 Charlestonians of…
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The Economics of Historic Preservation
On February 24 the PSC welcomed Donovan Rypkema as a guest speaker at the Winter Membership Meeting. The historic American Theater on King Street was at capacity, and it served as a fitting location to discuss the role historic buildings play in downtown revitalization. Mr. Rypkema is principal of PlaceEconomics, a private sector firm with decades of…