Tag: Infrastructure

  • Construction of the Low Battery in Charleston

    June 24, 2023
    A history of The Battery in Charleston – from colonial White Point defenses to East Battery, White Point Garden, the…
  • Large homes positioned close together along the seawall of The Battery with palmetto trees and other greenery around them. The view is from the small beach in front of The Battery with a small bit of water that is lightly reflecting the homes above it.

    June 23, 2023
    Explore homes along The Battery in Charleston – from East Battery and White Point Garden to Murray Boulevard – including…

  • October 28, 2022
    Compare walkable neighborhoods in Charleston with local insight, maps, live listings, and practical tradeoffs for buyers choosing where to live.
  • An upward view of one tower of the Ravenel Bridge with lights shining on the tower and cables against a dark blue sky.

    June 8, 2022
    Charleston's bridges do more than move traffic from one peninsula or island to another – they shape commuting patterns, development…
  • A wooden fence with the signage "West Ashley Greenway" with wild green shrubbery in the background.

    March 25, 2022
    The West Ashley Greenway accommodates walkers, joggers, cyclists, and naturalists through more than ten miles of linear park, connecting a…
  • The Goose Creek Reservoir at sunset

    June 8, 2021
    A look at Goose Creek’s walkability plan, updated with Central Creek, Red Bank, zoning changes, and what buyers should watch…

  • April 22, 2020
    How Coleman Boulevard became Mount Pleasant’s main-street experiment, from Old Village history to streetscaping, stormwater, pushback, and suburban retrofit.
  • Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo making landfall at Charleston in September 1989

    September 18, 2019
    Thirty years after Hurricane Hugo, a look back at the storm that reshaped Charleston’s relationship with hurricanes, building standards, flood…
  • People enjoying Second Sunday on King Street

    March 7, 2018
    Would it be feasible and beneficial to extend the pedestrian-first concept of Second Sunday to every day?
  • A flooded street in downtown Charleston with stormwater flowing into a drain, with the steeple of St. Philips Church in the background

    February 22, 2018
    Charleston combats tidal flooding by installing check valves in stormwater drains, effectively reducing street flooding during high tides. Early results…
  • Huger Street Streetscaping Arial View

    February 11, 2015
    Marking the boundary between historic Charleston and the Upper Peninsula district, Huger Street has served as a secondary roadway connecting Morrison…
  • Water flowing through the Hanahan Water Treatment Plant

    June 24, 2014
    Learn where Charleston-area drinking water comes from and how Charleston Water System and Mount Pleasant Waterworks differ in sources, treatment…
  • A group of people ceremoniously planting a tree, including well dressed business people and children dressed in green.

    December 6, 2013
    The city of Charleston has embarked on an ambitious project known as the 10,000 Trees Initiative. Spearheaded by the Charleston…
  • An artist rendering of the proposed Lowcountry Lowline, showing a paved path beneath a freeway overpass bordered by plantings and lights, with a man on a bicycle with a dog

    November 10, 2013
    A transformative project through the center of the peninsula of Downtown Charleston is in the works – a linear park…