Remarkable for its physical environment dating to the European’s early habitation of the continent, Charleston South Carolina is endangered by its obsession with its history. A hallmark of early American architectural styles surrounded by the beauty of Low Country landscape; the city has been pivotal throughout American history–the place where the Civil War started and a major point of entry for ancestors of African Americans.

Charleston’s rapid development is impacting the social and natural environment; its historic disparities along class and racial divides can be read through disparities in housing, education, and employment; its tradition of silence contains a culture of conflicted and contested histories.