Charleston Currents – Mystery Photo

Mystery Photo

MYSTERY: Raised house

Here’s a raised single house in Charleston. But where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Feb. 22 photo, “Lots of orange,” showed a wall of orange life preservers at the entrance of Fleet Landing restaurant on Concord Street in Charleston. “The wall is paying homage to the history of the building built in 1942 by the US Navy and utilized for off loading sailors,” said Charleston resident Jim McMahan.

by Charleston Currents · 03/01/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Lots of orange

A reader sent in this interesting photo. What and where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our Feb. 15 photo, “A real tough one to identify,” was just as tough for us as it was many folks. We’re still not sure exactly what this old industrial building is on Greenleaf Street in the Neck area between Charleston and North Charleston, but it’s pretty clear it’s got something to do with the Kinder Morgan fuel terminal complex south of the old Navy Base.

by Charleston Currents · 02/22/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: A real tough one to identify

This one might be nearly impossible to identify, but let’s see what y’all can do. Hint: It’s in Charleston County. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our Feb. 8 photo, “Where’s this painting,” is a marshy mural painted by Sean Williams at Holy City Brewing on Aragon Avenue in North Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 02/15/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Where’s this painting?

Here’s an interesting mural painted on the side of an area building, but where? Bonus: Name the artist. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo

Our Feb. 1 photo, “Interesting wall,” shows an interesting quote in orange letters on a living, green wall that’s at Edmund’s Oast restaurant near the corner of Brigade Street and Morrison Drive in Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 02/08/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY: Interesting wall

Here’s an interesting Charleston-area wall. Where is it? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Jan. 25 photo, “Close-up mystery,” is what we think of the House of Aaron — Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium where slugger Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974.

by Charleston Currents · 02/01/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Close-up mystery

This is a photo of something outside of South Carolina once visited by many in-state residents. Just look at recent headlines and you should figure out why it is this week’s Mystery Photo. Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Jan. 18 photo, “Empty field,” shows where a new library is supposed to be built and ready for readers by now. The old library, which continues to be used, is the cramped brick building at the right as the old Navy Hospital looms in the background.

by Charleston Currents · 01/25/2021 · 1 comment · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Empty field

Here is an empty urban field somewhere in Charleston County that isn’t supposed to be empty. Where is it and what is supposed to occupy this space? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Jan. 11 photo, “In stereo,” showed stereoscopic photos of the war-damaged sally port of Fort Moultrie in 1865.

by Charleston Currents · 01/17/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: In stereo

Here’s an old photo in stereo, but what does it show? Can you tell anything else about it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Jan. 4 photo, “Big columns,” showed the Fireproof Building in downtown Charleston.

by Charleston Currents · 01/11/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Big columns

What is this building with big columns and what is its historical significance? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

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Our Dec. 21 photo, “Good tidings,” was a photo by Leigh Webber that Charleston’s David Rawle sent along to show the holiday spirit at Theodora Park, a pocket park in Charleston at the corner of Anson and George streets. In addition to laser lights on park pathways, words of inspiration and hope were projected on the park’s walls and trees.

by Charleston Currents · 01/04/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Good tidings

Here’s a tranquil evening holiday scene, but what and where is it? Send to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live.

Our previous Mystery Photo: Our Dec. 14 photo, “Interesting Lowcountry plant,” shows yaupon holly, described in this week’s Focus by Toni Reale.

by Charleston Currents · 12/21/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos