Spartanburg, South Carolina | Hub City & Home to the Marshall Tucker Band

Come with me as I walk around historic downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Wanna know more?
www.cityofspartanburg.org/
www.visitspartanburg.com/
Hub City Railroad Museum:
hubcityrrmuseum.org/
Marshall Tucker Band:
www.marshalltucker.com/
Beacon Drive-In:
www.beacondrivein.com/
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[@JeffreyFlow]

I like when cities and towns restore and use the old buildings. Spartanburg is looking nice.

[@rockskitchen502]

Thank you for posting this video. I grew up in SC as a kid and moved to NY at age 12. The moment you hit the Beacon it brought me all the way back. YOu can't go to the Beacon and not say..... CAALLLLLLLL ITTTTTTT!!!! RIP to Mr. John. The old home town really looks awesome. Looks like they built up downtown alot. That Carolina Cash Co was an upscale clothing store. and Papa Sams is one of the best breakfast spots that I can remember. I miss old Spartanburg. I lived in the country, little place called Pauline.

[@jeffhall2411]

I moved here 1 year ago . Love this place!

[@dpmart3275]

Enjoyed the walk around and talk 😆 looking forward to seeing what you do next

[@contessalouannec8064]

Thank You Todd for the education. Great tour.

[@toddventure]

Great place to visit.

[@orgrichard]

Thank you for this great video about my hometown! Aug. (ahg) W. Smith used to be a major department store and Carolina Cash was a major clothing store. The nickname Hub City for Spartanburg was because the RR tracks radiated out from the city like the spokes of a wheel. Spartanburg’s other nickname, Sparkle City, is derived from a 1950’s rock group from the area who achieved national fame called the Sparkletones. It is said that Elvis Presley got the idea of wearing sparkly clothes from the Sparkletones. The yellow plaques are part of the Spartanburg Music Trail, about notable musicians from Spartanburg. You can take a self guided tour online. There are a total of 7 colleges in Spartanburg as well the SC School for the Deaf and Blind. The Daniel Morgan monument was erected in 1881 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens and was the first joint project between the north and the south after the Civil War. The dog statue on the square is of Chaser, the world’s smartest dog. The last mural on the side of a building that you showed is new and is called You Matter. Persons needing mental health assistance can scan a QR code on the mural to find help. Information about the Spartanburg area’s role in the Revolutionary War can be found on the website of the Spartanburg Revolutionary War Trail. The son of Marshall Tucker guitarist, George McCorkle, is now on the County Council.

[@toddventure]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing that piece of history. Love it! ❤️

[@ehrlichlanierc7429]

Thanks Todd, this sure was a fun video, good job! Look forward to the next one!👋

[@toddventure]

Thank you. 🙂

[@tstepp71]

Home ❤ thank you!

[@ehrlichlanierc7429]

Thanks Todd, this was an absolutely AWSOME recording. Loved everything about the tour and your respectful presentation. I’ve lived here for decades and enjoy being here. I would like to mention that Spartanburg has so many authors and artists that live here and have moved here that you can be talking to or bump into one on the street and not even know it. It makes for a very significant loaded cultural area. Thanks again for this wonderful presentation. I look forward to many more from you, I did subscribe. Have a wonderful life, and thank you again.

[@toddventure]

I loved visiting. Connie and I will be back again this year. Thank you for subscribing. 🙂❤️

[@dianevanderlinden3480]

@ehrlichanierc thank you this was my gut feeling anf what I'm looking for. If bands like Cynic consider the city a worthy tour stop that's fine with me.

[@rosalynsmith4928]

Carolina Cash was a clothing store. There was also three 5 and dime stores. Woolworth, Silver and Kress. Aug Smith was a clothing store. Craft Store was the old Belk Hudson

[@toddventure]

Awesome info. Thank you.🙂

[@Retromicky82]

Very cool I hope those stores get taken one day support your local businesses people. That siren would scare the crap out of me lol

[@Mammamaryjane]

I used to live across from the Beacon, Mamma knew the owner. They used to close on Sunday and have revival meetings in the parking lot. I worked at Crafts Pharmacy close by had to stop and get sausage bicuits every morning for the pharmacist.

[@bevygaines]

My mother's family is from Spartanburg.

[@Mammamaryjane]

Watching your tour of Spartanburg with my 102 year old Mamma who grew up there. . The name on the side walk is AUG SMITH, it was a department store, Carolina Cash was a department store. My granddad Bill Sellers was the city blacksmith, and then ran the city garage. My cousin John Powell Selllers II just passed away in March this year, he and Sandy ran Sellers Seafood on West Henry.

[@Mammamaryjane]

Also my Daddy was at Camp Croft, he was from NY, he followed my Mamma home one day and she kept him for nearly 54 years.

[@Mammamaryjane]

Yes that's Daniel Morgan statue in the middle of Morgan Square. My great granddad worked for the Railroad, and Mamma grew up in a house on the corner of Wofford and Arch streete.

[@toddventure]

Thank you for all this amazing history. ❤️

[@orgrichard]

@@Mammamaryjane Several notable people were stationed at Camp Croft. They include Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Nixon, he became a naturalized American citizen in Spartanburg; and former NYC Mayor Ed Koch.

[@dustindrzaba]

Love your videos!

[@toddventure]

Thank you, Dustin 😊 💓

[@youlounderbrannon8745]

The hotel you seen close to the masonic building is new to Spartanburg. AC Hotel Spartanburg.

[@toddventure]

Great architecture. 😀

[@richardcribb9226]

Spartanburg received fame this past week when the origin of its name was the subject of a Jeopardy clue.

[@toddventure]

Nice!

[@nicksmith7719]

Before the Denny's building it was a BB&T building and I'm pretty sure somebody jumped off of it. I remember somebody committing suicide off of the BB&T building back in the 90s. Just a little more info

[@toddventure]

Interesting history, for sure. 👍

[@emcinc9654]

Is there a good hospital nearby

[@toddventure]

I personally could not tell you about their facilities since I don't live there. www.spartanburgregional.com/locations/spartanburg-medical-center/

[@rosalynsmith4928]

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

[@Muertes-tf2oj]

The place is one giant ghetto.

[@toddventure]

www.city-data.com/forum/greenville-spartanburg-area/1985651-americas-25-most-dangerous-hoods-spartanburg.html

[@orgrichard]

According to Census Place, and Spartanburg County’s poverty rate is 18%. Most of the more affluent areas of the city are on the east side including Spartanburg’s “old money” neighborhood, Converse Heights. The city needs to expand the city limits to increase the tax base but state law makes that very difficult. Most of the older public housing projects in the city have been demolished or remodeled. A major initiative to revitalize the Northside neighborhood which had deteriorated following the textile mill closure has been underway for several years. If you drive through the area you will see that most of the older mill housing has been replaced with newer housing. A transformation plan is being developed for the Highland neighborhood behind the Beacon. Although this area has a reputation for being rough, it has produced some notable people. These include Kitty Black Perkins, who was chief designer of dolls for the Mattel Corp in CA for 25 years and who designed the first black Barbie doll, professional football player, Landon Cohen, and the first African American to receive a PhD in computer science from USC. Also from Spartanburg, the inventor of the pc modem that made the World Wide Web possible.

[@tyxfilmeditt]

@@orgrichardChanging how it looks will never change the mindset of the people here 💯Violence and drugs will never go away , which is sad to say but that’s just how the city/county keeps its money flowing….but hey what do I know I’m just an lil ole resident

[@rosalynsmith4928]

With a mixture of ethnic groups

[@austinstitzel]

I'm going to guess that Todd is a Sagittarius and Connie is a Pisces.

[@toddventure]

Nope. 😄 I can give you a hint, though. We were born the same month. 🙂

[@austinstitzel]

@@toddventure Todd is a Capricorn and Connie is an Aquarius.

[@toddventure]

@@austinstitzel nope.😃

[@austinstitzel]

@@toddventure What are your actual signs?

[@nicksmith7719]

No no no as someone from South Carolina and someone from Spartanburg South Carolina it is not called Hub City. It is called Sparkle City.

[@orgrichard]

Spartanburg has been called the Hub City since the heyday of the railroads because of the tracks radiating out from the city like the spokes of wheel. The new bike trail through downtown is called the Hub City Hopper after this. I grew up hearing Spartanburg referred to as the Hub City. The name Sparkle City originated from a 1950’s rock group from the area who achieved national fame called the Sparkletones.

[@tyxfilmeditt]

@@orgrichard as a native … I hate to tell you that no one calls it hub city…it’s either of these three ( Sparkle city , murderburg or just “The burg”

[@orgrichard]

⁠@@tyxfilmedittI am Spartanburg native and long time resident. Spartanburg has been referred to as the Hub City for many years due to the RR tracks radiating out from it like the spokes of a wheel. I heard it referred to as the Hub City growing up. It is on the Love Where You Live mural downtown and is the origin of the name for the new bike trail downtown, the Hub City hopper. Spartanburg also used to be called the Crossroads of the New South because of its location at the junction of 2 interstate highways and its role in transforming upstate SC’s economy from being based on textile mills to being more global and diverse. Murderburg is nonsensical street talk.

[@tyxfilmeditt]

@@orgrichard I’m telling you what’s up , my parents don’t even call it that ! No disrespect or anything but you have to be like 60+ to call it hub city, they don’t even have hub city chicken or hub city courts anymore !

[@tyxfilmeditt]

@@orgrichard matter fact , I’ll do a whole KZbin video going around asking the “Natives” and “long time” resident what they refer to it as ! Things change man , things change