6 Charles Street, designed and built by George Holt in 2002. The writing on the architrave frieze is a Roman quote: “ANTIQUORUM YSTORIAS SCIRE DESIDERANS, IPSARUM PRINCIPIUM OPORTET COGNOSCERE.” (Should you desire to know the affairs of the ancients, it is well to know their beginnings). Image © Vince Graham
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In late May, my friend Witold Rybczynski published Charleston Fancy: Little Houses & Big Dreams in the Holy City (Yale University Press), about a group of architects and developers building small infill housing in Charleston, South Carolina. Having recently witnessed too much large scale development in my hometown, Boston, the topic piqued my interest so I called up Witold to talk about his new book.
