Grandmother and granddaughter hung onto every word while learning the fine art of sweetgrass basket weaving at Wild Dunes Resort near Charleston, South Carolina.
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Get out, see the sights, and ride Round Town with Rising to Ballantyne!
March 4, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Get out, see the sights, ride ‘Round Town with Rising! Each Tuesday and Thursday we scope out a surprise spot around our city. The latest locale: Ballantyne!
First stop, visit the “Monuments of Ballantyne.” Sure you’ve seen these sculptures, but do you know the backstory? The 30 foot monuments wee commissioned by Charlotte developer Johnny Harris and created by Yugoslavian artist Boris Tomic, who spent the better part of three years crafting them in a brick factory in Salisbury, NC.
After 27 years of continuous local ownership, an iconic downtown hotel and its signature restaurant have been sold.Â
The Planters Inn and its Peninsula Grill at Market and Meeting streets are now under the ownership of Northwood Investors, a privately held real estate investment and management firm.Â
The deal was finalized Thursday. The sale price was not disclosed.Â
Former investment banker and Charleston native Hank Holliday has owned the property for nearly three decades. He led its restoration, founded the Peninsula Grill and helped to transform the City Market area.
In recent years, Holliday has downsized.
In 2015, he sold the ground lease to the nearby DoubleTree Hotel, which in July was reopened after a full makeover as the boutique concept Emeline, to an Ohio real estate firm for an undisclosed price. That deal included Hank s Seafood restaurant on Hayne Street.