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

Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

Charleston is proudly full of some amazing window boxes. These, featuring Colocasia -- otherwise known as Elephant Ears, for obvious reasons -- can be found on the southeast corner of Tradd and Meeting Streets.

Hard to Forget

Charleston is proudly full of some amazing window boxes. These, featuring Colocasia — otherwise known as Elephant Ears, for obvious reasons — can be found on the southeast corner of Tradd and Meeting 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 […]

Social Profiles

  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

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