Charleston Currents

The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles is shiny, curvy and a sight to behold.

PHOTO ESSAY: Downtown Los Angeles

A recent trip to downtown Los Angeles found a thriving, multi-cultural city filled with a lot of things to see and do, from great museums to a lively Grand Central Market.

Click to find photos of the Walt Disney Concert Hall, some great art from the contemporary Broad Museum and scenes from the market, where you could get anything from Mexican and Salvadoran cuisine to falafal, ice cream and fresh raw oysters from all over. There was even a shop that made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

We thought you’d enjoy this photographic drive-by from editor and publisher Andy Brack.

by Andy Brack · 10/15/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Photo Essay, Photos

PHOTO: This story won’t have a happy ending

Charleston isn’t New Orleans. Spotted near Marion Square in two locations on Saturday were Booze Pop vans – portable places that adults could purchase frozen cocktails on a stick. What could be a worse idea than providing another way for tourists on a hot day to party on streets crowded by people and too many cars? This won’t have a happy ending. Note to City Council: Is this the kind of town you really want visitors to see? (On the other hand, maybe we’ll lose our top travel ranking and life downtown will become more Holy City than Disney City.)

by Andy Brack · 05/29/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Photos

MYSTERY: Locked out

So here’s a head-scratcher: Where was this photo taken and why in the world is it locked? (Big hint: Read this story; we don’t think you’ll be able to answer the second question because we can’t either!) Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.