The Island Maintains Its Unhurried Pace


Gentle waves mimic the pace of life on Sullivan’s Island. L


LOCATED WITHIN EASY driving distance of historic Charles- ton and just across the Intracoastal Waterway from thriving, upscale Mount Pleasant, the story of Sul- livan’s Island might have turned in a totally differ- ent direction.


BY BRIAN SHERMAN


“The Island,” as it has been known to Charleston-area residents for cen- turies, may have become a booming beach resort, a glitzy playground for the rich and famous, replete with magnificent beachfront hotels and pretentious restaurants.


Instead, the Island has managed to maintain a pace as unhurried as the smallish, gentle waves that tickle its broad, sandy beaches, then retreat, with equal serenity, back into the Atlantic Ocean. The few hotels that have graced its quiet streets are long gone, and its eateries, mostly along Middle Street, are more hangouts for hungry families than for celebrities hungry for attention. Its commercial development doesn’t come anywhere near matching that of the area’s other two beach communities – the Isle of Palms and Folly Beach.


www.SullivansIslandHomes.com | www.ILoveIOP.com | www.CarolinaHomesAndInteriors.com With its proximity to the ocean,


property values – and, as a result, property taxes – have soared in recent decades, encouraging some people to relocate to the mainland and elsewhere, but it hasn’t been all that long since Sullivan’s Island was the epitome of small-town America, a place where kids played, dreamed, went to school and grew up to- gether, where there was no need to lock front doors, where grownups interacted daily with their neighbors and where there were no strangers, at least not for long. Until 60 or


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66