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Glimpses of Charleston

A local's eye view

The Low Battery under some stormy looking skies. In the distance, if you follow the rail, is the "Round Holiday Inn" -- once named, to much controversy, the ugliest building in South Carolina. Do you know it? What do you think?

Threatening Low Battery

The Low Battery under some threatening skies. In the distance, if you follow the rail, is the “Round Holiday Inn” — once named, to much controversy, the ugliest building in South Carolina. Do you know it? What do you think?

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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