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

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

I moved here 1 year ago . Love this place!

Thank You Todd for the education. Great tour.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

😂 Seeing how you were welcomed with the sirens...I can calculate you were filming at 1:00pm on the first Saturday of the month. 😉

Home ❤ thank you!

My mother's family is from Spartanburg.

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.

Love your videos!

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

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

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

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

Is there a good hospital nearby

The place is one giant ghetto.

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.