Frank M. Anderson's Writing

Tag: Greenville County history

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: When Everything Started Pointing Downtown

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: When Everything Started Pointing Downtown

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    This weekend, downtown Greenville is overflowing for Artisphere. And honestly, that is a good thing. Twenty or thirty years ago, the idea that Greenville would host a nationally respected arts festival drawing huge crowds into downtown would have sounded almost absurd to a lot of locals. The city built something real here. People genuinely want…

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: How Greenville Got Its Name

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: How Greenville Got Its Name

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    The The Simpsons takes place in a fictional town called Springfield. The name was chosen for a simple reason: there are so many Springfields across the United States that it could feel like anywhere. In that sense, Greenville isn’t all that different. There are Greenvilles in multiple states—North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, and beyond. The name…