A New Spin on History – Renovated Textile Mills
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
By Brad Wright, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. For anyone who doesn’t know, Spartanburg takes its nickname of “Hub City” from the town’s history as a crossroads for multiple regional rail lines. The engine that propelled the commerce supporting those tracks was the then thriving textile industry. Spartanburg boasted numerous textile mills th
Continue Reading >Railroads in Spartanburg – Creating the Hub City
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
By Sharon Purvis, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. Hub City Farmers Market, Hub City Writers Project, Hub-bub, Hub Diggity, the Culinary Hub—it’s impossible not to notice that an awful lot of businesses around Spartanburg have “hub” or “hub city” in the name. To find out why, I paid a visit to the Hub City Railroad Museum on Magnolia Stree
Continue Reading >Spartanburg Taking to the Skies
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
By Sharon Purvis, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. When Charles Lindbergh visited South Carolina on his tour of the 48 states following his historic Atlantic crossing in 1927, he came to Spartanburg for the simple reason that it was, at the time, the only airport in the state. I had flown into and out of Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport
Continue Reading >Grist for the Mill
Friday, August 28, 2015
By Meredith Hardwicke, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. For those with a love of history in their blood, it’s no secret that Spartanburg is abundant in centuries-old treasures. And because Spartanburg is a community intent on preserving its heritage, there is no shortage of efforts here to preserve our historical landmarks for the next generatio
Continue Reading >Eat a Plenty
Friday, August 28, 2015
By Brad Wright, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. I’ve always heard that 9 out of 10 restaurants fail in their first year. It stands to reason, then, that any restaurant that survives into its sophomore year and beyond must offer superior food, atmosphere and service. It would take me more space than I’ve been allotted to extol the many wonderful
Continue Reading >Sweet Spartanburg Peaches
Monday, July 27, 2015
Georgia has the license plate. Gaffney has the Peachoid. But when it comes to being the peachy king, Spartanburg wears the crown. May through September, peach lovers look to pick the freshest, tastiest, most chin dripping peach around. If travelers are fortunate—and smart—they’ll find themselves in Spartanburg County, the sweet spot for peaches. The Hub City, intersecting
Continue Reading >Marshall Tucker Band
Thursday, July 09, 2015
By Dan Armonaitis, HubCity Writers Project It’s been said that a picture’s worth a thousand words. But what about when just four words paint a vivid picture in the minds of countless Southern rock fans the world over? “From Spartanburg, South Carolina ...” was a phrase used to introduce the Marshall Tucker Band on a nightly basis at the height of the legendary group
Continue Reading >The Hub of the Hubs
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
By Betsy Teter, HubCity Writers Project There are a few other Hub Cities in America, but certainly none more enthusiastic about the nickname than Spartanburg, where there has been a veritable explosion of local institutions adopting that moniker. And from where I sit in the offices of the Hub City Writers Project, well, we Spartanburg writers just might have had something
Continue Reading >Eating the Thai Way in Spartanburg
Monday, May 04, 2015
By Jan Scalisi , produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. There's a touch of Thailand in Spartanburg—and the number of locally owned restaurants that feature the well-known Thai staples of noodle dishes, spring rolls, delicious soups, curry, seafood, and spicy vegetables over rice might surprise a visitor to a mid-sized Southern town. These days, there are
Continue Reading >Farmers Market
Monday, May 04, 2015
By Susan A. Sistare, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. Updated for accuracy in July 2019. On Saturday mornings, I am in Heaven. The memory of being dragged to the farmers' market to buy turnips (yuck) and Brussels sprouts (double yuck!) as a child makes me realize that I must have indeed become an adult. Now I love the Farmers' Market! Spartanbu
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