While we were in Charleston, we of course had to visit King Street. Like the Market, King St. has been a shopping destination for centuries! Anglophile that I am, I couldn’t help but smile at the intersection of King and Queen:
I especially loved seeing this shop with these flags on that corner!
An added bonus was seeing the intersection of King and George:
And King and Princess!
No King and Prince, though…what gives?
King Street was a revelation and a delight. Stores lined it for block after block; dry goods, hardware, boots, tobacco and cigars, hats, jewelry, china, seeds, medicines, wines, books, gloves, candies–it seemed that everything and anything could be bought on King Street. There were crowds of shoppers, too, and dozens of smart buggies and open carriages, with liveried drivers and fashionably dressed occupants.
From Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley