Union Pier: Mobility Nexus Through the Centuries
May 8, 2024 @ 6:00PM — 7:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Charleston County Main Library (Auditorium): 68 Calhoun St Charleston, SC 29401 Get Directions
Join us for a custom Mobility Month history presentation!
The site known as Union Pier has been a transportation crossroads for centuries past and potentially well into the future. Join Nic Butler, historian at the Charleston County Public Library, for an illustrated review of historic pathways to, from, and through the waterfront site.
This is a custom event created by Dr. Butler, specifically for Charleston Moves' Mobility Month 2024 program. The event is free to attend; donations will contribute to our speaker's stipend, as well as support Charleston Moves' advocacy work and programming. For several years, we have advocated for the redevelopment of Union Pier to include world-class infrastructure for people walking, biking and rolling, connecting to not only quality bus stops and bike share stations, but also the Ashley River Bicycle & Pedestrian Bridge, a future ferry dock, Lowcountry Rapid Transit, East Coast Greenway, and People Pedal Plan.
Thank you to Bike Law for sponsoring this year's Mobility Month program, and to Austen & Gowder, LLC and Dover, Kohl & Partners Town Planning for sponsoring this event!
About the speaker:
Dr. Nic Butler is an interdisciplinary historian with an infectious enthusiasm for Charleston’s colorful past. A native of Greenville County, South Carolina, Dr. Butler attended the University of South Carolina before completing a Ph.D. in musicology at Indiana University. He has worked as archivist of the South Carolina Historical Society, as an adjunct faculty member at the College of Charleston, and as an historical consultant for the City of Charleston. He is also the creator of the Charleston Time Machine.