StreetScape: Life on the Street
Click to enlarge. Photo by Walker DeVille
Well, c’est pas Paris. But at least there are a few café-style table scattered hither and yon up and down Capitol Street in downtown Charleston. With the trees in full-sprout on a recent sunny afternoon, the street is a pleasurable stroll.
July 9th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
[…] Here is a fellow doing what the sign instructs — roasting and caffeinating himself one warm downtown afternoon. It must be said, there has been a veritable explosion of outdoor sidewalk seating downtown within the last 18 months. That is, ‘explosion’ defined Charleston-style. Like, say, a dozen, maybe 16 seats, total, up and down Capitol Street, between Quarrier and Lee. But still. If one squints and only looks at the tables to the left and right of one, one can imagine one is in.. well, if not Paris, perhaps the other Charleston. […]