Last night the Board of Architectural Review-Large voted to defer their decision on the demolition request of 609 King Street to a later meeting. While the PSC strongly urged denial, this is a hopeful step that will provide the Board another opportunity to consider the architectural and cultural significance of the building as a unique example of Art Deco design […]
The proposed demolition of the one-story, Art Deco building at 609 King Street is back for BAR-L review this Wednesday, August 11. In May, the applicant deferred the request, due to comments from the public and City Staff calling for further investigation into the building’s cultural significance and history. Designed by notable Charleston architect Stephen Thomas and constructed […]
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 […]