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Commentary: With Union Pier, we need more math, not magical thinking

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier The physical aspects of the largest ever proposed development on the Charleston peninsula (height, mass, uses) are cause for concern. The financial aspects should […]

Editorial: Now is the time to learn and speak up on Union Pier redevelopment

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier The city of Charleston’s big decisions on the Union Pier redevelopment aren’t expected to take place for at least a few months, but those […]

Letters: Union Pier project important for all of SC

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier Any history fan will attest that there is nothing new or unique about Charleston’s Union Pier opportunity. Yet we are seemingly trying to reinvent the wheel […]

Historic Charleston creates Union Pier website to solicit more public input

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier Opponents of the proposed zoning request for the Union Pier project in Charleston have created a new website to generate more public input, adding […]

Our View: Slow down and get Union Pier right

Photo credit: SC Ports via Charleston City Paper Tower. Tower. Tower. Tower. Tower. Tower. All on one street. Then multiply by four. What you get is 24 chunks of buildings […]

Union Pier: As new cruise terminal hopes faded, port officials turned to revamped sale

There was never a single aha! moment. It was more like a slow-growing realization. But, as the calendar turned from 2019 to a new year, the State Ports Authority knew […]

Charleston begins chipping away at Union Pier plans; hundreds show up for discussion

Photo credit: Post & Courier Staff Charleston’s most influential voices are trying to shape the future of Union Pier, a 64-acre cruise ship hub wedged between the Cooper River and […]

Commentary: Visionary leadership needed to redevelop Union Pier

Charleston’s chance is slipping away to make sure downtown’s Union Pier truly serves the local community. Union Pier is the opportunity of a lifetime to build a neighborhood from scratch […]

Charleston officials face pressure to influence port’s Union Pier plans

The looming redevelopment of Union Pier, a cruise ship hub in downtown Charleston, is the type of opportunity that may only come once during a mayor’s tenure. For former Mayor Joe […]

Union Pier sits on old Charleston pollution. That and flooding remain its biggest challenge.

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier One of the most valuable patches of land in downtown Charleston was underwater for more than a century after the city was founded. And […]

Lowe and its Union Pier plan have backers and critics, but just one chance to get it right

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier The Los Angeles developer getting Union Pier ready to sell has already telegraphed its plans to buy the property. But despite criticism of a contract that […]

Editorial: Union Pier negotiation needs to improve plan, ensure it survives

Photo credit: Charleston Post & Courier It wouldn’t be hard to imagine new buildings and streets on Union Pier that offer much more to the city than the vast parking […]