Wednesday, July 28

The City, but "cleaner": ...the developers of I'On have attempted to extract the architectural essence of nineteenth-century Charleston and plop it down in a greenfield suburb. ... I can't help wondering if I'On appeals to homebuyers who love historic architecture but can't deal with the diversity of the old city. If they wanted a place that mimics Charleston except in that all residents would be affluent and most if not all would be white, those buyers may well have found it...