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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Charleston has quite a few "pocket parks" scattered about the city, which provide neat little spaces of beauty and spots to sit and rest. This beautiful fountain can be found in the Chapel Street Fountain Park at the intersection of Chapel and Elizabeth Streets.

Fountain in the Corner Pocket

Charleston has quite a few “pocket parks” scattered about the city, which provide neat little spaces of beauty and spots to sit and rest. This beautiful fountain can be found in the Chapel Street Fountain Park at the intersection of Chapel and Elizabeth Streets.

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 […]

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