Frank M. Anderson's Writing

Tag: Upstate SC

  • FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)

    FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)

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    Going through old folders tonight, I found The Lonely White Walker—a Walking Dead fanfic I wrote back in 2012—and I was honestly stunned to realize people had reviewed it. Not just clicked on it… actually read it, followed it chapter to chapter, left thoughtful comments, waited for updates. I had forgotten that entirely. And honestly,…

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: GVL2040 and the Gap Between Plan and Reality

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: GVL2040 and the Gap Between Plan and Reality

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    Most people in Greenville haven’t read GVL2040. That’s not really a knock on anyone. It’s a long-term planning document, not exactly light reading. But it is one of the most important things shaping what Greenville becomes over the next 15–20 years, whether people realize it or not. GVL2040 is the City of Greenville’s comprehensive plan…

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: What Do We Want These Buildings to Be?

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: What Do We Want These Buildings to Be?

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    Lately, as I drive around Greenville and through other parts of South Carolina, I keep returning to a question that became much more personal after my own attempt to open a coffee shop: What do we actually want these empty places to become? That question sounds simple until you try to build something yourself. From…

  • Four Greenvilles

    Four Greenvilles

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    When people talk about Greenville, they usually talk about it like it is one place with one shared experience. A single city moving in one direction with one story to tell. But that has never really been true. Greenville is several Greenvilles at once. Different versions of the same city, living beside each other, shaping…

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: Cherokee Ground Beneath Greenville

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: Cherokee Ground Beneath Greenville

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    Greenville is a city that likes to talk about what comes next. We talk about growth, new restaurants, bike trails, development, rankings, housing prices, and whether traffic has finally become unbearable. We talk about what Greenville is becoming. That makes sense. Growing places often become a little obsessed with the future. But places are not…

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: Polished Surface, Divided Ground

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: Polished Surface, Divided Ground

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    Welcome Back to Seen / Unseen Greenville This blog will still go wherever life takes it—family, politics, recovery, culture, memory, and whatever else feels worth talking about. But I wanted to mark a direction I’m especially excited about. Seen / Unseen Greenville will be an ongoing series where I take a closer look at this…

  • Seen/Unseen Greenville: This Place Has Never Been One Thing

    Seen/Unseen Greenville: This Place Has Never Been One Thing

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    Welcome to Seen / Unseen Greenville This blog will still have all kinds of posts. Politics, family, recovery, culture, whatever life puts in front of me. That part isn’t changing. But I wanted to mark a new direction I’m excited about. I’ve lived in Greenville most of my life, and like a lot of people,…

  • Greenville, SC and the Business of Drinking

    Greenville, SC and the Business of Drinking

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    I started drinking young. Twelve or thirteen, somewhere in there. Young enough that it should sound absurd now, but normal enough that it barely raised eyebrows then. Drinking looked fun. It looked grown. It looked like what adults did when they wanted to celebrate, loosen up, laugh louder, and become bigger versions of themselves. For…