Remember when... (Charleston, Mount Pleasant, St. Andrews: 2009, houses, buying)

[ZUMAN]

The Altine name sounds familiar to me too. Was he or his family from James Island ?

[ZUMAN]

Does anyone remember Captain Harry's Blue Marlin Bar on Cumberland?

[jetsfan16]

Remember the Carolina Twisters minor league football team, in 1998 and 99? They had over 7,000 people there the first game at Johnson Hagood, but they slowly died out.

We were also supposed to get an indoor soccer team, but that fell through.

I also remember when the biggest arena in this town was McAlister Field House, and Duke came, on the night the Gulf War began.

[Geechie North]

Originally Posted by balderdash1

Does anyone remember the skateboard park out near Ravenel back in the 70's?

The Port Drive-Inn on Rivers

Winds of Change on IOP

Magnolia Drive Inn on Savannah HWY

Lord Ashley Motel

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Yes, and yes, and yes, and yes.

Saw "Woodstock" at Magnolia Drive In. Took disreputable women to the sleaze films at the Port (what else does one do in North Charleston?).

Clearly remember the stylized figure of the aristocrat on the Lord Ashley's sign on Savannah Hwy.

[SCBeaches]

Originally Posted by ZUMAN

The Altine name sounds familiar to me too. Was he or his family from James Island ?

Either James Island or West Ashley. Richard Altine has been running the Variety Store above Salty Mike's for years.

[RiWrites]

Has Charleston lost some of its historical feel to it? Or are they trying to keep the old buildings and homes.

Where I am living now, they are putting up these cookie cutter housing developments. No character or creativity at all. I hope this isn't happening to Charleston.

[Geechie North]

It depends upon perspective.

Jimmy Buffet's "Prince of Tides" song has a lyric (about the Locountry) that says it all for me:

"How can you tell how it used to be when there's nothin' left to see?".

But for someone who likes the Disney version of reality, it's probably still all good.

[meks]

Originally Posted by RiWrites

Has Charleston lost some of its historical feel to it? Or are they trying to keep the old buildings and homes.

Where I am living now, they are putting up these cookie cutter housing developments. No character or creativity at all. I hope this isn't happening to Charleston.

too late, it's happened all over the lowcountry

the cookie cutter neighborhoods actually outnumber the older neighborhoods by an incredible amount... at least until the next storm... lol

[RiWrites]

That is a shame that the cookie cutter places have won. But like you said, a good storm comes and guess which building will still be standing.

I love old buildings and it makes me heartsick to hear they are tearing them down so someone can put up boring housing developments. If I am going to spend money for a house, I want one with character and not one that looks just like my neighbors.

[balderdash1]

Originally Posted by Geechie North

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Yes, and yes, and yes, and yes.

Saw "Woodstock" at Magnolia Drive In. Took disreputable women to the sleaze films at the Port (what else does one do in North Charleston?).

Clearly remember the stylized figure of the aristocrat on the Lord Ashley's sign on Savannah Hwy.

I went to the Port in the early 80's with some friends to watch the "sleaze" films from time to time. The porn was great there because it was all the stuff from the 70's featuring classics from Seka and Sharon Mitchell. When porn was king!

My grandparents lived directly behind Lord Ashley motel in Parkwood Estates. After a remodel in the 70's, that old Lord Ashley sign sat on the ground in the back there for at least a few years. I wish I would have scooped it up as I'm sure it hit the dump eventually...