Joseph P. Riley Jr.
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Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. is an American politician who served as the 60th mayor of Charleston, South Carolina from 1975 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served in the South Carolina
Riley in 2010
The home of Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr.
Riley in 1985
The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire was a firefighting accident that occurred on the evening of June 18, 2007, in Charleston, South Carolina, resulting in the deaths of nine firefighters. It was the
Joseph P. Riley Jr.
…museum is a $75MM project with world-class partners Ralph Applebaum & Associates and Pei Cobb Freed. Construction began in January 2020. In 2007, the Sofa Super Store fire killed nine Charleston firemen after the roof of the building fell in. In response, Riley created a panel of outside experts to investigate the incident…
The center of the Sofa Super Store showroom the day after the fire
The north end of the showroom the day after the fire
The south end of the showroom, with the warehouse behind it, the day after the fire
Vinyl siding of a nearby neighbor's house warped from the heat of the fire