Tag: Cemetery Protection
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Report Out on August City Council Meeting
Earlier this week, City Council met on Daniel Island to address a number of important issues on a packed agenda. As you may have read or seen, it was a long (five and a half hours) and raucous meeting, marred by levels of invective and public vitriol that were completely out of character for Charleston…
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August 2021 E-Progress
JAM-PACKED CITY COUNCIL AGENDA TO ADDRESS PSC PRIORITY ISSUES This evening, City Council will meet on Daniel Island to consider a number of pressing issues, including several key agenda items outlined below. The meeting will be live-streamed via the City’s YouTube channel, beginning at 5:00 PM. View the agenda here. Image courtesy of Post and Courier Added Protections for Charleston’s…
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Preservationists pushing for better protections for Charleston burial sites
Read the original ABC 4 news article here CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — An abandoned burial site is getting some renewed attention following a construction project. The home at 88 Smith Street is located on the site of two African American burial grounds. A stop-work order was issued for the property earlier this month after city officials…
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Editorial: Charleston didn’t create the problem at 88 Smith; it can help solve it
Read the original Post and Courier article here The city of Charleston temporarily halted work on the exterior of 88 Smith St. because at least two abandoned graveyards were located on the property. Lauren Petracca/Staff By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com We’ve seen two regrettable incidents recently that show the growing tension between respecting the dead from…
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Charleston looks at adding new city regulations for building on burial sites
Read the original Live 5 News article here CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A push is now underway to get new regulations on the books in the City of Charleston to protect unmarked or abandoned graveyards and cemeteries. “We don’t have a lot of municipal ordinances to look at. By and large this has been left…
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Work resumes at 88 Smith St. as preservationists fret about gravesites on the property
Read the original Post and Courier article here Red flags mark graves behind 88 Smith St. in September 2020. The property was once Trinity cemetery, where 1,653 Black people were buried. File/Grace Beahm Alford/Staff By Grace Beahm Alford gbeahm@postandcourier.com The owner of 88 Smith St., a private home in downtown Charleston where the property encompasses…
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A Call to Protect Charleston’s African American Burials
[modula id=”5591″] The Post & Courier report of a Stop Work Order at 88 Smith Street is sparking renewed conversations about the need for the City to advance policy to protect abandoned burial sites. While this recommendation is now included in the draft City Plan, the site work combined with development pressures threatening abandoned African…
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Cainhoy Peninsula Subdivision Development Halted to Protect African American Burials
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…