The reddish brown of the brick of this building is highlighted against the crisp blue of a winter sky. If you haven’t seen this building in person, you’ve probably seen photos of it in advertising. Where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
When contributing photographer Michael Kaynard sent along this close-up shot of the hood of an Ford F-250 truck, we immediately knew it would be a featured photo in Charleston Currents. The photo, taken on a recent trip to Fernandina Beach, Fla. (see Mystery Photo), evokes feelings of quality craftsmanship and classic styling. Thanks, Michael!
Staff reports (with 12 photos) | Up to 3,000 participants braved chilly, rainy Saturday weather to march from city parking garages to Brittlebank Park in Charleston to show local support for a national march for women’s rights in Washington. An estimated 500,000 marched in D.C. More than a million marched is events around the world, according to media reports.
For longtime Charleston leader Linda Ketner, the local march was a phenomenal start to future organizing to get more women in public office, including those who think, “not me.”
“The people who say ‘not me’ are generally those who will be motivated not by self-aggrandizement but by justice and public service,” Ketner told Charleston Currents. “Women need to be where the decisions are being made — now largely without our voices.
Drive a few hours south and you might have seen this building, recently photographed by contributing photographer Michael Kaynard. Where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Talented Columbia cartoonist and Statehouse Report fan Robert Ariail sent along this Charleston-centric cartoon, blending the demolition of a historic house that can’t be saved with the ever-present shroud that developers keep erecting more hotels on the peninsula, leaving many residents feeling that the historic area is becoming more of a museum than a city. Thanks, Robert!
Veteran photo sleuth George Graf of Palmyra, Va., sent along this mystery photo that looks like it could be in Charleston, but is it? (Hint: Probably not.) But where is it? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
This one may be tough, but if you live in Charleston, you may recognize this photo by contributing photographer Michael Kaynard as being on the peninsula. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.
Perhaps this image should be this issue’s new Mystery Photo. But if you realize cold Charlestonians woke up to rare below-freezing temperatures today, it may not be too much of a stretch to figure out that area fountains are generating icicles for a change. Brrrr. Stay warm. Photo by Andy Brack
Emergency workers in Charleston and across the nation are ready to go, despite any holiday, as highlighted by this photo at a Charleston fire station. Which one is it and where? Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live. Photo by Andy Brack.
If you drive around and look around in non-historic areas, you’re likely to stumble upon a mural as Charleston seems to be getting more and more of them (witness the recent fracas in Mount Pleasant over a painting on the wall outside Moe’s). A great place to find colorful murals is in an alleyway behind Avondale shops on Savannah Highway between Daniel and Nicholson streets. Not only is there thing great black-and-white painting of Bill Murray from 2015, but the chART initiative has all sorts of wall art from realistic birds to whimsical animals. You can check some of this out online on Facebook. Photo by Andy Brack.
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