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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The City of Charleston is offering free parking for a limited time so visitors and residents can enjoy seasonal shopping downtown. Beginning Nov. 29 until Dec. 31 ...
The area entered a long period of decline, capped in June 1955 by a fire at a steamship terminal at the site. By 1980, the site was an "overgrown area marred by charred pilings and gravel parking lots." [2] Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. began making plans for a park on the site soon after taking office in 1975. Acquisition of land began in 1979 ...
Two parking garages were added in 1983, accommodating up to 1,300 cars. In 1994, the 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m 2) Grand Hall of the convention center received a new ceiling, paint and lighting and the ice rink was also converted into an exhibit hall in the 2001. The last renovations took place between 2004 and 2006 when about $250,000 was ...
The hotel, restaurants, parking garage, and associated facilities were constructed on land. The height of the 29-floor hotel-casino is 346 ft (105 m). Beau Rivage was seriously damaged by the 30 ft (9.1 m) storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and was rebuilt by W.G. Yates & Sons Construction (the contractor that ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same.
Helene, which has killed more than 200 people, ranks as the most deadly named storm to hit the mainland United States since Katrina left nearly 1,400 dead, according to a 2023 report by the ...
Levee breaches in the federally built Hurricane Protection System and the resulting flooding that occurred on August 29, 2005 in the New Orleans vicinity. On Monday, August 29, 2005, there were over 50 failures of the levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans, Louisiana, and its suburbs following passage of Hurricane Katrina.
By mid-day Sunday, Charleston received nearly four inches of rain and the tide gauge reached over nine feet. Passengers disembark from the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship Monday, March 16, 2020, in ...