CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Brick by brick, throughout the city of Charleston, history is alive. But at times preserving that history can be a tense battle, a battle however that preservationists say is worth fighting.
According to City Councilman Mike Seekings, Charleston is the most important historic city in America, and the identity of the city is built into the environment, with each building telling it’s own story. He says that he believes this, regardless of the building’s current condition.
“There are probably you know several hundred structures in the city that are in disrepair but speak to the development of the city here in our architectural and cultural resources and our history,” explains Flannery Antinoro, of the Preservation Society of Charleston…