Development on Line Street

Charleston, South Carolina

On a block capping the northern reach of Charleston's Lower Peninsula, just north of Courier Square, a mixed-use development with through-block access will preserve a surviving enclave of houses and a historic train shed to be repurposed as apartments. Addressing the major automobile entry into the city from Interstate 26, a new apartment house is expressed as a nine-story gateway building clad in yellow brick with formal details and a seven-story red-brick-clad annex with a more industrial character. Adjacent to and behind the historic houses, four-story and six-story buildings clad in limestone, brick, and stucco offer porches on multiple levels; a six-story red-brick-clad block will face Line Street. Shops and restaurants will wrap the new buildings at the sidewalk; running alongside the historic train shed, a new landscaped mid-block passage focused on a historic smokestack will connect to a proposed network of parks and will be flanked by two new five-story red-brick warehouse-type buildings.

Gary Brewer, Project Partner and Designer
Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Project Partners: Robert Stern, Kevin Smith
Renderings: Michael McCann

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