Category: Photos - Page 35 - Glimpses of Charleston

Sail Ho!

The new Cooper River Bridge was designed to honor Charleston’s heritage as a port city and the white cables are intended to mimic the vision of sails blowing in the wind.

Fun Window Boxes

Once you see the Grinch in these window boxes, it’s hard to see anything else!

The setting sun illuminates Broad Street, which was originally called “Cooper Street.” In the early 1700’s, “Charles Towne” was protected by walled fortifications and the access was given by a drawbridge at the intersection of what is now Broad and Meeting Streets.

Spring Cathedral

Spring is surrounding the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist on Broad Street. The church is actually the second brownstone cathedral on that site. The first, the Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar, was built in 1854 but burned down in 1861. The the current building was built on the foundations of the first and opened in 1907.

Lusher on Legare

The George Lusher House on Legare Street was built c. 1810. Lusher was an attorney and his wife was the sister of famed Charleston architect Robert Mills (who designed the Washington Monument, among other things).

Hominy Grill

The Hominy Grill on Ashley Avenue was well know for being a pioneering southern restaurant. It was also well know for this wonderful mural by David Boatwright.

High Battery Sunrise

Sunrise along the High Battery is often a striking moment.

Bowles-Legare-Parker

The Bowles-Legare-Parker house used to have a view all the way to the Ashley River. As the peninsula was developed, its property now ends at Greenhill Street. It’s best seen from Tradd Street, through a beautiful iron fence that is best know for having arrows worked into its design.

Layers of Charleston

This beautiful piazza/camellia/wall combination can be found on Tradd Street, which is one of the few streets that spans the entire width of the Charleston peninsula.

Greenhill

Greenhill Street, which connects Gibbes and Tradd Streets, has a distinct feeling of a country lane — right in the middle of the South of Broad neighborhood.