The City Market: 200 years of history

Crowds flocked to the market, as seen in this Oct. 27, 1866, drawing.

Editor’s Note: First in a series on the 200th anniversary of the City Market.
In the late 18th century, dawn would find Charleston’s poor whites and slaves quickly making their way to the city’s markets. Lack of refrigeration to keep food fresh and a [...]

Charleston City Market

The City of Charleston operates Building C of Charleston’s historic Charleston City Market, offering very affordable space to over 50 vendors for the operation of small businesses.  The Market is open 365 days per year, with regular daytime and evening hours.  A favorite shopping place for tourists and residents alike, throughout the Charleston City market’s 200 year [...]

Hip-Hop History at Spoleto

Multimedia trip through hip-hop history
By Rob Young (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Thursday, May 29, 2008
One could describe Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s “the break/s” as a mix tape for stage, the charted course of hip-hop over continents and generations.
Joseph does. He also calls it “a dream journal,” as he guides audiences across Planet Hip Hop.

Umi Vaughn
Mark Bamuthi Joseph [...]

Center for Hydrogen Research gets first Hydrogen Truck

The Center for Hydrogen Research (CHR) and URS Washington Division rolled out South Carolina’s first hydrogen fueled vehicle, the eTec Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HICE) vehicle, a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.  A $175,000.00 grant provided by URS Washington Division was used to fund the project.  The vehicle was converted to be fueled by pure hydrogen [...]

South Carolina leads region in hydrogen economy

Submitted by Thomas Militello
Would you believe that South Carolina is helping lead the way to an energy future that’s no longer dependent on fossil fuels? And it’s happening right now.
Through the efforts of government, university and business leaders throughout the state, South Carolina is developing, demonstrating and deploying an energy infrastructure based on hydrogen [...]

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