• Products
  • The Book!
  • The Photos
  • Videos
  • Ask A Local
  • Food
  • Cool Places
  • About
  • Contact

Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This gate/garden combinations on Gibbes Street is one of my favorite in Charleston.

A House with a View

This gate/garden combinations on Gibbes Street is one of my favorite in Charleston. Built in 1806, the house was modified over the years. One thing that definitely changed was their view. After the edges of the peninsula were filled in (ultimately creating Murray Boulevard and the Low Battery), this house lost their view of the marshes and Ashley River. It’s still pretty nice there anyway!

Ask a Local

What’s the deal with the City Market? Were slaves sold there or not?

asks John H., from Seattle, Washington… The City Market is what was called the “Slaves’ Market,” not the “Slaves Market.”  That apostrophe makes all the difference in the world. While a shocking number of humans were sold into slavery in Charleston (a very dark period in the City’s history), they were not sold at what […]

Social Profiles

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2025, David R. AvRutick. All rights reserved.