Changing the face of Charleston : The unbuilding of the Grace and Pearman Bridges
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East Bay Stories
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Drum Island Stories
(Feb 17)
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(Apr 3)
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(Mar 27)
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(Feb 28)

December 16, 2006: A view from above

Manny, with baseball cap in place to move the elevator to the top floor

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Carlos and Stan riding the elevator

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A rarely seen side of Grace

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Nugget

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Looking down at Manny

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The Pearman bearings

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and the Ravenel Bridge

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Looking down the temporary support

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Nugget

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Carlos and Nugget

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The "to do" list

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A very interesting view of the Ravenel bracketed by the Grace and Pearman bearings

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hmmm - a great skateboard ramp

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and its downhill continuation

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A better view of the Grace skateboard ramp skeleton. And check out the rejuvenated green space (upper left) between East Bay and Meeting Street.

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Carlos inside and Nugget outside

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and what a view of the Ravenel Bridge

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Stan and Robbie

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Elevator going down

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and down

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Looking down Manny's boom

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The elevator, Paul and Manny's hook

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And just so you don't think we have forgotten about the Ravenel Bridge - Sparky got a sequence of these. Wonderful reflections, light streaks of moving cars - simply wow!

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