
It was completed in 1953 and modeled after a fountain built during the Renaissance and located in the Italian town of Tivoli. It has a diameter of 50 feet snd shoots water 25 feet into the air. In the background is the legislative building illuminated.
The view if you’re Arthur Langlie or Al Rossellini…
Charleston’s Lost Architecture: Stunning Historic Buildings, Homes, and Landmarks that have been Demolished
129 Rutledge Avenue, 1970s
The corner grocery store at 129 Rutledge Avenue before demolition. The building was located at the northwest corner of Rutledge Avenue and Calhoun Street. Shows the MUSC Rutledge Tower behind the building and the street corner with pedestrians.
The change of the facade is neat. It looks like a totally different building depending on what street your on.
I’d bet that is because it was!
It is likely that the original building was the one on the right. Instead of tearing it down, they incorporated it into the new building.