Redevelopment of a former Woolworth site in downtown Rock Hill, South Carolina, is expected to begin soon. The news site Heraldonline.com reported officials with Rock Hill Economic Development Corp. (RHED) said demolition of the site is nearly complete with the only remaining property set to be demolished being a former five-and-dime store.
The final building should take about a month to complete.
RHED has a $290,000 contract with MJD Contracting of Columbia, South Carolina, for the demolition. Officials reportedly also announced they were close to closing on financing on a $3.7 million deal for a 37-unit apartment complex at the site.
RHED also approved a $19,000 contract to build a civil rights walkway on the land, which will be designed by Groundworks Studio of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Juan Logan of Belmont, North Carolina. The estimated $400,000 total cost for the project is expected to come from private donations.
The Woolworth lunch counter and neighboring McCory’s lunch counter were sites where civil rights protests occurred in the 1960s. According to the newspaper article, throughout the civil rights era, students from Friendship Junior College, known as the Friendship Nine, were denied service at McCory’s counter and arrested. The students opted to serve jail time rather than pay bail and go free, which sparked the “Jail, no bail” strategy adopted by the civil rights movement.
The final building should take about a month to complete.
RHED has a $290,000 contract with MJD Contracting of Columbia, South Carolina, for the demolition. Officials reportedly also announced they were close to closing on financing on a $3.7 million deal for a 37-unit apartment complex at the site.
RHED also approved a $19,000 contract to build a civil rights walkway on the land, which will be designed by Groundworks Studio of Charlotte, North Carolina, and Juan Logan of Belmont, North Carolina. The estimated $400,000 total cost for the project is expected to come from private donations.
The Woolworth lunch counter and neighboring McCory’s lunch counter were sites where civil rights protests occurred in the 1960s. According to the newspaper article, throughout the civil rights era, students from Friendship Junior College, known as the Friendship Nine, were denied service at McCory’s counter and arrested. The students opted to serve jail time rather than pay bail and go free, which sparked the “Jail, no bail” strategy adopted by the civil rights movement.
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