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Near the Pig, Orangeburg, S.C.

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Russell Street, Orangeburg, S.C.

This crumbling corner on Russell Street near the center of downtown in Orangeburg, S.C., illustrates the challenge that the inner city is having to attract businesses to lure residents to spend time in their downtown.  Despite an attractive central downtown renovation and business like Piggly Wiggly, which you can see in back of this apparently empty old service station, there are few big-name retailers to draw people downtown.

The City of Orangeburg, known for its gardens and historically black colleges, officially is home to 13,850 people and has a 31.3 poverty rate in 2012, but the greater area has more than 65,000 people.  Orangeburg County is home to more than 91,000 people, two thirds of whom are black.  The county has a poverty rate of 24.5 percent.

Copyrighted photo was taken April 23, 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Closed, Orangeburg, S.C.

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There’s a padlocked chain-link fence around what obviously was a public housing complex in Orangeburg, S.C.  The units, boarded up with decaying plywood, are located near the intersection of Boulevard and Wannamaker streets about a mile from S.C. State University’s campus in a neighborhood with homes of wide-ranging value.

The City of Orangeburg, known for its gardens and historically black colleges, officially is home to 13,850 people and has a 31.3 poverty rate in 2012, but the greater area has more than 65,000 people.
Orangeburg County is home to more than 91,000 people, two thirds of whom are black.  The county has a poverty rate of 24.5 percent.

Copyrighted photo was taken April 23, 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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Time 4 Change, Orangeburg, S.C.

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Time 4 Change, Orangeburg, S.C.

 

The political graffiti from a recent presidential campaign still marks this abandoned store in Orangeburg, S.C., at the intersection of U.S. Highway 301 and Tyler Road.  Across the street is a stark trailer park with two dozen identical, gray mobile homes and few trees.

Orangeburg County is home to more than 91,000 people, two thirds of whom are black.  The county, which has a poverty rate of 24.5 percent, is strongly Democratic.  Wags, however, might note that the graffiti today represents a dream for change that may be stale.  Proponents might say it is still very much alive, particularly in Orangeburg County.

The City of Orangeburg, known for its gardens and historically black colleges, officially is home to 13,850 people and has a 31.3 poverty rate in 2012, but the greater area has more than 65,000 people.

Copyrighted photo was taken April 23, 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.