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The City Market is a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally-significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East Bay Street.
The 2009 movie The New Daughter, starring Kevin Costner, features the Ravenel Bridge in several scenes, as the movie is based in and around Charleston, South Carolina. The cover of Darius Rucker's 2010 album Charleston, SC 1966 features a picture of Rucker, a Charleston native, with the Ravenel Bridge in the background.
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) operates and maintains one welcome center and seven rest areas along I-26. Welcome centers, which have a travel information facility on site, are located at milemarker 3 (eastbound); rest areas are located at milemarkers 63 (east and westbound), 123 (east and westbound), 150 (eastbound), 152 (westbound), and 204 (eastbound). [2]
Charleston city, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [93] Pop 2010 [94] Pop 2020 [95 ...
The museum was born out of an idea by former naval officer Charles F. Hyatt to develop a major tourist attraction on what had once been a dump for dredged mud. [1] Initial plans for the museum called for a large building onshore to display exhibits related to the history of small combatants ships in the U.S. Navy. [2] On 3 January 1976, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown was opened to the public.
Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill May 16 that will make the distinctive pickup trucks illegal on state roads beginning in 2024. Myrtle Beach leaders have led the opposition.
Philip's Episcopal Church, the first congregation in Charleston, whose current building dates to 1835, is also in the French Quarter. St. St. Philip's graveyard is the final resting place of Edward Rutledge , the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence , and U.S. Senator and Vice President John C. Calhoun , whose body was exhumed ...
[26] [27] A 3.6-mile (5.8 km) section in West Ashley running from South Carolina Highway 7 (SC 7) to South Carolina Highway 171 (SC 171) is named the Charleston Nine Memorial Highway, in honor of nine Charleston firefighters killed in the line of duty in the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire on June 18, 2007. [28]