The Evolution of Avondale
With the opening of several new businesses, West Ashley’s hippest corridor is experiencing yet another renaissance by Jenny Peterson | Staff Writer The quaint downtown of otherwise sprawling West Ashley, The Avondale Business District currently consists of two main...
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The Original Social Network
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter. These are the conduits of modern social networking. Jump back a few decades (maybe 5 or 6) and the newspaper was the main conduit to get information about the social workings of the community. The News & Courier, Charleston Evening...
Putting The Lowcountry First
One of Charleston’s biggest local business boosters, Jamee Haley, calls West Ashley home, and thinks parts of this neck of the woods holds the perfect balance of local and national stores. For the past six years Haley, a native of Tulsa, Okla., has spearheaded...
SEED-ing the Future
This weekend, assembly began on a shed that will be the first cornerstone in the growing Magnolia-Sycamore Community Vegetable Garden. Led by Clemson architecture professor David Pastre, who teaches classes downtown at the Charleston Architecture Center, students and...
Rooting For The Home Team
Home Team BBQ Owner and Pitmaster Aaron Siegel was presented with area non-profit Operation Home’s annual “Kris Basala Person of the Year “award at a special ceremony during the annual fundraiser Drum It Up event on October 20, 2013. The Basala Award is in honor of...
Giving It Up for Avondale
Lava Salon co-owner Geoff Richardson has been called many things: hairdresser, husband, father, the unofficial Mayor of Avondale, arts booster, Airstream enthusiast, and involved citizen. Mostly, as many who know him best will tell you: he’s nuts. Never able to focus...
Goodbye, John Graham
West Ashley lost one of its most iconic, if not iconoclastic, sons when John Graham Altman III died last week at age 79. Graham had reportedly been in declining health for the past few years. Until then, he had been many things: a liberal, a conservative, a lawyer, a...
Gordon Gekko's Stylist Visits West Ashley
Known as a trailblazing trendsetter for more than 40 years, renowned fashion designer Alan Flusser makes a special appearances at Stein Mart from 12-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov, 23. During the store visit, Flusser will discuss his views on men’s fashion and his Alan...
Let's Go to the Movies
Why don’t you write about the movie theaters in St. Andrew’s Parish, West Ashley? This question was posed by a reader of West Ashley Flashback. Good idea. Everyone loves going to the movies and numerous anecdotes have been shared about good times at the Ashley Theater...
The Good, The Bad, and the Hungry
It’s hard to believe that parts of West Ashley, home to several supermarkets —two separated by only a parking lot — could become a “food desert,” in the eyes of the federal government. According to an interactive online map provided by the USDA, there are now two...
Looking For a Few Good Men (and Women)
Every year, at about this time, for the past few years, St. Andrews Parks and Playground begins looking for heroes in its midst. This year is no exception. This week, the parks began taking nominations for the next inductees to its Hall of Fame. The award is a...
