Charleston Currents

MYSTERY PHOTO: Looks religious

Here’s a neat building that looks kind of religious, but is it? What is it and where? Send your best guess to editor@charlestoncurrents.com. And don’t forget to include your name and the town in which you live. And if you’ve got a clever mystery photo for our readers, send it to the same address (Try to stump us!)

Our previous Mystery Photo

Last week’s mystery, “Wild mural,” was tough, particularly if you didn’t live on James Island or have not been to the Pour House, which is where it was located.

by Charleston Currents · 06/07/2021 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Building with history

This building, located somewhere in the Lowcountry, has an interesting history. Where is it and what makes it special? 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 Nov. 16 photo, “Interesting place for a mural,” showed a painting of renowned blacksmith Philip Simmons on Avondale’s Alycia Alley behind Gene’s Haufbrau.

by Charleston Currents · 11/23/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Old picture of old place

Here’s an old picture of an old place in South Carolina. What and where is it? For bonus points, what’s its significance? 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, “Maybe our most difficult mystery yet,” must not have been that tough, thanks to anyone who knows how to do an image search via ye olde Internet. The mural of Anthony Bourdain, Albert Einstein, Jimi Hendrix and Salvador Dali is on the side of the empty Roumillat’s antiques building on Savannah Highway in West Ashley.

by Charleston Currents · 05/18/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

PHOTO ESSAY: The murals of Montreal

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | The unexpected delights of a recent vacation to Canada were the murals that flourished around Montreal.

According to the city’s tourism website, “street art has become one of Montréal’s core visual identities over the last couple of decades, thanks to the marks left all over the city by intrepid artists like Omen, Bonar, Zïlon, Roadsworth, Chris Dyer, Kevin Ledo, Jason Botkin, the HVW8 and En Masse collectives and so many more. Now with two annual graffiti festivals, one of international renown, there’s something to see on virtually every block.”

by Andy Brack · 08/05/2019 · 2 comments · Photo Essay, Photos

MYSTERY PHOTO: Different view of Charleston site

You may have seen this place before, but maybe not from this angle. Where and what is it? Send your 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 June 24 mystery, “Maybe the toughest yet,” was, in fact, so tough that it almost — almost — stumped veteran sleuth George Graf. Most who guessed correctly seemed to know the mural was part of the Francis Street parking lot at Artist and Craftsman Supply, 981 King Street in Charleston, which is just around the corner from Rodney Scott’s Barbecue.

by Charleston Currents · 07/01/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY: Lost shoe

Contributing photographer Michael Kaynard says he’s worried about a young child wandering around without a shoe. Where did he take this photo of a lost shoe. (This one should be pretty easy.) Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.

by Michael Kaynard · 06/13/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

MYSTERY: A different kind of welcome

We’re not sure if you would want to put this bug-inspired scene on a tourist postcard for Charleston, but we wonder if you know where this graffiti-inspired mural is located. Send your best guess to: editor@charlestoncurrents.com — and make sure to include the name of the town in which you live.

by Charleston Currents · 06/06/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Mystery Photo, Photos

GOOD NEWS: World-renowned artist paints vibrant mural at Dart Library

Artist and author Nick Kuszyk, also known as “R. Robots,” painted a colorful mural on an exterior wall of the John L. Dart Branch Library last week to honor Cynthia Graham Hurd, a 31-year employee of Charleston County Public Library and one of nine victims shot last year at Emanuel AME Church.

by Charleston Currents · 02/29/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

PHOTO: World-renowned artist paints bright library mural

Artist Nick Kuszyk of New York last week painted a bright, book-themed mural on a wall outside the John L. Dart Branch Library to honor Cynthia Graham Hurd, a librarian slain in the Emanuel AME Church tragedy. Read more below in Good News. (Photo by Andy Brack)

by Andy Brack · 02/29/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Photos