Robert Behre
Robert Behre graduated from Dartmouth College in 1985 with a degree in English and spent five years writing for the Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont before moving to Charleston in 1990. He has covered city and county government for The Post and Courier and also has served as an assistant city editor. His weekly column on architecture and preservation began in 1996. The column looks at the people and decisions involved in saving old buildings, and designing new ones that people will want to save, all with an eye toward what gives the Lowcountry its unique sense of place.
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Construction landfill request withdrawn
A controversial request to create a private construction and demolition landfill in southern Charleston County has been withdrawn, at least for now.
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Graham, Tea Party square off
Mostly civil meeting covers range of topics
Graham reiterated Thursday morning that he wanted his meeting with the Charleston Tea Party closed to the media because some party members might not have been comfortable participating with the media in attendance.
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Graham, tea partiers (and media eventually) meet
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham began his meeting with the Charleston Tea Party by asking members of the news media to leave.
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Man works to save Girl Scout house from demolition
CORDESVILLE -- Brad Harrop can already smell the apple cider he hopes to serve inside the eclectic yet elegant Richmond Plantation manor home just before Christmas next year.
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Plans form for Civil War observance
State groups work to secure funds for 150th anniversary
South Carolina's efforts to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War -- which began in Charleston, first with the state's fateful decision to secede and later with the first shot fired at Fort Sumter -- are gradually coming together, even as organizers scramble for dollars to pay for it all.
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Holy City's fanciest ceiling
As he scampers up the tallest bit of scaffolding inside the Unitarian Church on Archdale Street, architect Glenn Keyes says matter-of-factly, "This is what you came here for."
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Graham to meet with Tea Party
The lamb plans to enter the lion's den. U.S. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., plans to meet Wednesday evening with Charleston Tea Party members at North Charleston City Hall.
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Use of LLCs in S.C. prompts questions
The future paths of trains entering and leaving North Charleston could have significant repercussions on the value and potential use of nearby property, but it's not always easy to know who stands to gain. That's because property can be owned by a limited liability corporation -- also cal...
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Another snag for rail plan?
Some argue mayor's wife's involvement with neighborhood is conflict of interest
A new neighborhood is taking shape at the northern end of the three-mile-long railroad line that North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey is pushing to have shut down.
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Summey’s wife could benefit from mayor’s rail plan
A new neighborhood is taking shape at the northern end of the three-mile-long railroad line that North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey is pushing to have shut down.
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