Colonial Charlestown
The federal era and the incorporation of Charleston
Increased activity and antebellum filling
War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow : 1860 to 1900
Early twentieth-century progress
Between two World Wars
Modern Charleston emerges : World War II to the 1960s
Filling activities draw to a close : 1960s to the twenty-first century
Implications of the past, current issues, and improvement initiatives.