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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

This beautiful window and flower box belong to 58 Meeting Street, which was built sometime before 1772. Caught in the reflection is 60 Meeting Street, across Tradd Street -- which, while built in the 1740s,  in recent years has been well known for dressing up in hats on certain holidays (a witch's hat on Halloween and a Santa hat for Christmas).

Reflection

This beautiful window and flower box belong to 58 Meeting Street, which was built sometime before 1772. Caught in the reflection is 60 Meeting Street, across Tradd Street — which, while built in the 1740s,  in recent years has been well known for dressing up in hats on certain holidays (a witch’s hat on Halloween and a Santa hat for Christmas).

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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