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Stop 5 of 8 · Charleston Walking Tour

The Slum That Painted Itself Pink

Rainbow Row, Charleston

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The story

You're on East Bay Street, looking at the stretch Charleston calls Rainbow Row: thirteen old houses shoulder to shoulder, most of them sharing walls, each painted its own pastel.

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Charleston · 8 stops · 1 h 20 min · 2.4 mi

  1. Charleston City Market1

    Charleston City Market

    A Market That Has to Stay Forever    Photo: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Old Slave Mart2

    Old Slave Mart

    Behind the Arch on Chalmers Street    Photo: Warren LeMay from Covington, KY, United States (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Four Corners of Law3

    Four Corners of Law

    The Church the Government Ordered Built    Photo: Brian Zinnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Heyward-Washington House4

    Heyward-Washington House

    The President Slept Here. The City Paid.    Photo: Riis2602, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Rainbow Row5You're here

    Rainbow Row

    The Slum That Painted Itself Pink    Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Nathaniel Russell House6

    Nathaniel Russell House

    The Monogram on the Balcony    Photo: Dima Sergiyenko; Please attribute this image as the work of "DiscoverWithDima.", CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  7. Edmondston-Alston House7

    Edmondston-Alston House

    A Front-Row Seat for the War    Photo: Daniel Mayer, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  8. The Battery8

    The Battery

    Major Anderson's Midnight Move    Photo: Eagledj, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

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