European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vacation preserving Charleston by Gay Bartlett associated press a Large construction Crane dominates the Skyline for the a Crane erected after a seven year Battle Over a convention Center that Many press creation its deemed out of Harmony with the towns historic when the mayor officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony last he quipped that it was fitting that the weather was freezing because Many in town said it would be a cold Day in Youk nowhere before the project went we lost the War on that but we won some says Henry director of the Charleston preservation the Battles won by the preservationists included cutting the building from 12 stories to modifying the and preserving some although caulk in remarks that Hes not sure if the fake fronts Are Hollywood or in preservation is a Way of besides the lengthy fight Over the convention Cen Charl estonians got into a lengthy fight Over a pro posed Annex to the old court a fight which eventually stretched to Washington and ended in a Compromise with most preservationists but efforts to maintain the glow of the past Are Al ways going on in this where it has always been fashionable to live in particularly South of where the Gentry have always lived and were often called an allusion to the not their for a Beautiful or revolutionary georgian South of is for Sale now for Henry the executive director of the historic Charleston says she is sure the right family will come although it has been on the Market since the right one that will gently live in the great will be required to sign eternal covenants that they wont alter the exterior or turn the property into something gauche like a Condo or a they arc to convert the Carriage House into one or two rental born South of Broad into a Charles ton family that has 300 years of roots is one of the guiding forces of preservation in this Beautiful it is through a revolving fund that her organization is Able to buy the great houses and resell them with Cove Nants that will prevent them from being turned into cutesy gift shops or on the morning she shows a visitor this spectacular built in she is the City Council voted to allow a Developer to build up an area outside of a historic Highway As Well As live Many of them hundreds of years will be de the preservationists we didst pay enough attention to that Edmunds weve those who live in the historic districts routinely appear before the Board of architectural review when they want to paint their houses or do anything at All to the one woman went before the Board and asked to paint the House a Light or so the Board thought they heard her a bit a member of the Board drove by her newly painted it was she was called Back before the she maintained she had said Light Possi Bly because a Charleston accent is Many hued As she the House is still a Grumish another woman prevailed in keeping her color by explain ing Over and Over that it was not it was Environ mental still but looks Lavender to most the preservation society annually presents car Lopo Lis awards to those who have made significant renovation in their the bronzed plaques Are proudly Dis played All Over town by the residents Charleston preservation Fervour is but Many other cities across the land have Strong preservation they got a boost when Congress approved tax incentives to hang on to the that legis lation went into effect in in that first More than billion Worth of rehabilitation Money qualified for the investment incan last it had grown to Jackson president of the National Trust for historic preservation in says none of Charlotte Street in Charleston is a transitional neighbourhood being a photo the tax Reform Bills currently being considered would retain such the tax incentive deals Only in Revenue producing properties and it has been used almost exclusively in such As in Jersey which became a fashionable place to live again after Walter says americans became More in their heritage after the 1976 Bicentennial the restoration of the statue of Liberty and the plans to raise the Monitor Are both easily accessible move i think the Celebration set off a whole train of events and i think it will be revived in 1988 when the Bicentennial of the Constitution is Charleston became the first City to pass an ordinance creating a historic followed by new Orleans a few years that Early legislation was inspired by construction of a moorish hotel right on the water in the a miss Susan Frost was horrified at what she regarded As a monstrosity in her beloved she reared up on her Hind legs and got a lot of other mostly Little old ladies in Tennis behind her and they just pestered City Hall until a historic District was says Jack retired Active lecturer and Charleston preservation also rests in a cliche fostered by poverty and in the unique spot Charleston held in americas Early at the time of the Charleston was the fourth largest City in the nation and one synonymous with gracious culture and High educational too poor to paint and too proud to is the cliche and it is a Good Charles an eighth Genera Tion descendant of Arthur signer of the Declara Tion of says that Charleston did not recover economically from the civil War until after world War people just held the old houses together the Best they could because they  afford to build new the preservationists clout rests on solid support from most there Are Brush fires about How Many Bedan breakfast places can be where and when tour buses new Battles May loom As the preservationists consider the East Side of which is not now a historic As Cauthen it is filled with houses that in any other City in the United states would be turned into House they Are laundry is hanging from the Beautiful Side the piazzas for which Charleston is some have been turned into Warrens of apartments in that economically depressed Section of paint appears decades overdue and some of the piazzas have been enclosed to add extra right the residents Are not threatened or in they will says Edmunds took one such on the verge of and restored it by creating the revolving fund to Purchase Homes and then sell them Back to the it is now a Lovely residential pre served and Well Worth the tourists bed and breakfast with style by John Leighty United press International Peter an adventurer and teacher who scaled mount Everest with an american expedition in has a special love for coun try inns and four poster in Farquhar spent 17 years restoring an 1876 farmhouse before turning it two years ago into the Apple Lane the first bed and breakfast inn in the Santa Cruz county town of guests love to Wake up in the country to the smell of fresh homemade muffins and Cinamon said far whose collection of american and european an old Armor and private Library of rare books pro Vides a quaint and Homey atmosphere for travellers who prefer the personal although bed and breakfast lodgings called b and is have been popular in England and Europe for they have Only hit the american scene in a big Way in the past five there now popping up in big cities and in out of the Way places throughout the and the american style b and is Are much More expensive and exclusive than their european in the most populous american b and is virtually exploded on the there Are now More than 100 inns in business with More opening All the attracting visitors to Many offbeat the bed and breakfast innkeepers of North Ern California define a b and b As a building usually with historical or architectural interest whose primary purpose is to function As an the rooms Are individually decorated and homemade breakfast is included in the Basic it has three to 20 rooms and is owner operated by someone with a Strong personality who usually lives on the anything they is a Home any thing larger is a b and is offer More individuality and a different level of service than a a combination of old fashioned Charm and modern said Terry a spokeswoman for a string of new b and is located South of san Francisco from half Moon Bay to Santa history Buff Charles a fourth generation publican from Essex is now an innkeeper in a rustic setting Only 20 minutes North of the Golden Gate his the Tudor style Pelican inn in Muir is a popular Stopover for travellers leaving san Francisco to explore the coast of Northern Felix said he named the Pelican opened six years after the ship beached along the Marin county coast by sir Francis Drake some 400 years ago although Drake changed the name in voyage to the Golden guests Are charged for a nights stay at the which has six rooms with private the Price includes a full breakfast of Bacon and eggs and and visitors can enjoy a huge Hearth and a Wood beamed bar serving imported there is also a Public dining the actual building was built As a warehouse by prisoners from a san Quentin prison Chaingan in the 1800s and he has kept the beams and All the come from his Essex pub that dated Back to its a Little bit of old England on the Doorstep of the largest and most unique Urban Park in the Ucli said of the proximity of the inn to the Golden Gale National recreational i feel very the Cost of staying at a b and b inn is usually equivalent to hotel prices in the rooms should be booked in Advance and most innkeepers prefer guests to stay two there arc often restrictions on Chil Dren and pets because of the heirloom style an alternative and cheaper bed and breakfast experience can be had in a burgeoning number of private Homes that offer one or More guest these arc often an unused bedroom that has been refurbished or a two room offering in a larger the one thing that Safe to say about b and is is there is no said Milly director of the bed and breakfast league of that also one of the along Cape similar guest houses arc and in Iowa More than 42 b and is arc now listed in private Urban b and b inns Are also becoming More frequent since Bob and Marily Kavanaugh opened what is considered the first of its kind in san Francisco in its the bed and breakfast and rooms in a courtyard of Small victorian cottages Range from for a shared Bath to 174 for a Penthouse youre always hearing about another said Helen who opened her own in an edwardian style its the personal touch that makes them so said there a natural for san which is a City of amazing colonial Williamsburg o by Bill Lohmann by United press beyond the Cobblestone streets and Brick Walls of history stand the Hedges of the Royal Garden an attraction that is More amusement than culture but a favorite among visitors to colonial Over the children and grown ups with a child like sense of adventure have found they preferred getting lost in the Maze to getting lost in its very said Richard director of horticulture for the attraction and chief caretaker the Maze for More than 30 its a game for International but its the same As watching a Blacksmith making a Horseshoe or watching a wig maker making a its an educational experience for the Maze was set up in 1933 on the 10 acres of manicured gardens behind the stately after millions of it began to show its age and it was closed in 1981 for repairs and rejuvenation and stayed that Way for three we had to revitalize Mahone at we had up to people a Day going through the it was vandalized awfully bad by school groups for a number of they would break through try to jump Over the Maze at colonial Williamsburg attracts both Young and things like i guess it want really just kids playing and not realizing what they were we had a couple of extremely dry years that caused stress for the plants and required us to close the Mahone and his Crew drastically pruned the hedge once stood 8feet tall along the outer perimeter and 5feet High around the Little courtyard in the mid those skilled enough to make it to the Center find three benches and Shade Trees awaiting to save gardeners trimmed the hedge As Low As 6 inches above the ground and left the Maze a some of the 850 plants that made up the foot Puzzle needed so More than 100 native american hollies were almost 50 years is quite an age for those Mahone said of the old ones being the pruned hedge and the new plants were pampered and fed liquid Plant food for Mahone finally deemed the hedge sturdy and the Maze has now been it is not quite the Challenge it once since its Hedges Are no taller than 4 or 5 Mahone said it will be another year or so before the Maze is Back to its optimum despite its it still can take inquisitive kids several minutes to find the Center courtyard and slow adults the better part of an similar in popularity to backyard pools mazes were the rage among Large landowners in the 18th and 19th it was a source of entertainment and and archaeologists and historians feel certain there was a Maze at the governors Palace in it would have been for the amusement of the Gover Mahone when his guests would come he would climb up on the mount observation Hill and watch them try to find their Way in and out of the in an Effort to restore Williamsburg to the Way it was or the Way historians believe it was a landscape architect was hired to construct a Maze in the Early to that Arthur Shurcliff designed a Maze for the Williamsburg Palace using a Maze at Hampton court Palace in As his the Maze at colonial Williamsburg is one of the few left in the world and one of the More renowned its an unusual landscape Mahone the children leave talking about they go Back Home and talk to their then they come and wheres the Maze its just one of those things that makes a lasting Page 14 the stars and stripes june 1985 the stars and stripes Page 15