Projects underway to preserve, restore historic Charleston Naval Base buildings
VIDEO: Projects underway to preserve, restore historic Charleston Naval Base buildings By Kaitlin Stansell | April 29, 2021 at 4:33 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 6:57 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Expansive plans are underway to restore and revitalize the former Charleston Navy base.
While the project is set to bring homes, shops, a concert venue and more to the historic area, a Lowcountry preservation group has partnered with the development firm to make sure the areaâs history lives on.
The project has been coined âNavy Yard Charleston,â and the real estate and investment company behind it, the Jamestown, plans to break ground this year.
Lowcountry groups work to preserve historic Phillips Community
VIDEO: Local groups work to preserve historic Phillips Community By Paola Tristan Arruda | February 10, 2021 at 9:01 PM EST - Updated February 11 at 4:30 AM
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - A group of Lowcountry non-profit organizations are working to preserve one of Charleston Countyâs historic African American settlement communities.
Recently, the Preservation Society of Charleston, Coastal Conservation League, and Historic Charleston Foundation received a grant to nominate the Phillips Community in Mt. Pleasant to the National Register of Historic Places.
Residents in the community say they are currently threatened by a Charleston County proposal to widen Highway 41.
Eli Wilner & Company announces 2021 fully-funded frame restoration grant opportunity for museums
A 19th Century portrait frame in the collection of the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT, before and after restoration by Eli Wilner & Company.
NEW YORK, NY
.- Eli Wilner & Company extends another fully-funded frame restoration grant opportunity to museums and other non-profit cultural institutions. Frame restoration projects are often among the last initiatives considered for inclusion in often limited conservation budgets, especially during the past year with the impact of pandemic related revenue losses.
In 2020, Wilner awarded two fully-funded grants to museums for important historical framing projects. The first grant was also open specifically to frame restoration projects, and was awarded to the Museums at Washington and Lee University, in Lexington Virginia, for the frame on a 1779 portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette, by Charles Willson Peale, 49 x 40 inches, originally co
Neighbors, Charleston group express concerns over planned development on peninsula
VIDEO: Neighbors, Charleston group express concerns over planned development on peninsula By Lillian Donahue | February 8, 2021 at 3:32 PM EST - Updated February 8 at 6:54 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Neighbors and a local group say they want to make sure a proposed 8-story apartment complex at the entrance of the Charleston peninsula does not worsen frequent flooding issues in the area.
Winslow Hastie, president of the Historic Charleston Foundation, said the location right across from the Medical University of South Carolina and Roper St. Francis Hospitals is a critical spot of the city.