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They were built to last only so long. The pedestrian on-ramp on the Charleston end has a lot of traffic. At popular walking, running and cycling times it’s packed end to end. Many pedestrians walk from their homes on the peninsula to the bridge. There are always joggers and walkers, including groups of them, going up and down East Bay to and from the bridge.
Historic Mount Pleasant is a hike from that end of the bridge, too. Plus, a 380-apartment complex, the tallest office building on the peninsula, and a hotel will soon be filled at the foot of the bridge on the peninsula, and that’s just those three projects out of many that are about to make that area explode with new residents and visitors.
People make it a point to see and/or drive over the marvel. I have never heard it called an iconic Mount Pleasant landmark. It took me a while to get used to the change, but once such a tremendous piece of a city’s landscape grows on me, that’s it. I love it.
It is better than the roads are bad, litter, mask, x in Greenville is depressing posts you have done. It's good to mix it up. Many of the posts on this topic had links to SC history articles that have good info.
I've noticed that when people criticize Greenville without discussing Charleston or Columbia, nobody makes a point of posting Greenville is a fine place to live.
For example, a person mentioning they wish Charleston looked more like Savannah is more controversial than a person saying the Greenville public schools are bad. There are Greenville natives in here who attended the schools, and perhaps some teachers.
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They were built to last only so long. The pedestrian on-ramp on the Charleston end has a lot of traffic. At popular walking, running and cycling times it’s packed end to end. Many pedestrians walk from their homes on the peninsula to the bridge. There are always joggers and walkers, including groups of them, going up and down East Bay to and from the bridge.
Historic Mount Pleasant is a hike from that end of the bridge, too. Plus, a 380-apartment complex, the tallest office building on the peninsula, and a hotel will soon be filled at the foot of the bridge on the peninsula, and that’s just those three projects out of many that are about to make that area explode with new residents and visitors.
People make it a point to see and/or drive over the marvel. I have never heard it called an iconic Mount Pleasant landmark. It took me a while to get used to the change, but once such a tremendous piece of a city’s landscape grows on me, that’s it. I love it.
That is a nice bridge. I think it is longest one in the US for that bridge type. I don't really associate it with tourism. It is not at Golden Gate level yet with crowds at the various viewpoints of it
The Liberty pedestrian bridge over the Greenville waterfall is one of kind in this country with it being suspended on one side only and curved. I kind of wish they had gone with a rustic swing bridge like the one at Tallulah Gorge or perhaps no bridge so the waterfall is the same natural state as Richard Pearis found it.
A Grand Bohemian Hotel was built on the hill across from the waterfall and park. It may be open now.
A person has already posted on Google to complain about it looking like a ski lodge. She says it doesn't fit in with the rest of Greenville. I think it looks cool and fits being next to a waterfall and park with stone sidewalks.
"little street" seems to match up with my description. The document you linked indicates King Street was located outside of the original walled in part of the city and was not intended to be a retail corridor. It sounds like the wall was located along Meeting Street.
The location of the railroad terminus in the Upper King area is what shifted retail away from the East Bay area to King.
Both King Street and Greenville's Main Street have similar renaissance stories and timelines.
"At the other end of King Street sits the opposite bookend,
representing a separate set of Charleston ideals: the Charleston Place
Hotel. The Hotel sits at the corner of King Street and Market Street,
spanning the entire block with a second entrance opening onto Meeting
Street. At the time of conception, that area of King Street, and multiple
blocks in either direction had become abandoned and neglected. When
Charleston Place Hotel opened to guests in 1986, that moment marked
one of the most profound shifts in King Street’s economic function
in almost two centuries as the major economic focus evolved from
import-export commercialism to a tourism-based market"
That's similar to the common claim the Hyatt hotel gave Main Street a boost. It opened in 1982 according to Table I in this link How Greenville SC Brought Downtown Back
The best way to improve biker safety is to not allow bicycling in urban areas. That's more dangerous than not wearing a seat belt. I almost ran over 5 of them in San Fran, they were everywhere. They need to stick to parks and residential areas.
"South Carolina has averages around 5 shark attacks per year for the last decade, the third highest in the nation behind Florida and Hawaii. Of the 107 total unprovoked shark attacks on record in SC since 1837, 37 of them have taken place in Charleston County."
The city of Charleston is looking at changing the road design because of all the accidents. That's likely to entice more people to bike downtown, resulting in more accidents.
Biking in downtown Charleston is especially dangerous because of all tourists and teenagers down there, many of them unfamiliar with the city. I didn't spend much time in downtown San Fran because I didn't feel comfortable driving due to the large number of people on bikes.
If you accidentally hit a biker and kill him, you could be looking at a lower level manslaughter charge.
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