Photographs: Ellen Zisholtz and All-Star Bowling Lanes

I am posting these photographs for my students to use in their blog posts about the Sept. 21 classroom visit by Ellen Zisholtz, who is leading the effort to restore the historic All Star Bowling Lanes on Russell Street in Orangeburg. Zisholtz is founder and president of the non-profit organization Center for Creative Partnerships. The center owns the bowling alley and adjacent structures. 

FYI her last name is pronounced Zish (rhymes with dish)-holtz.

Update: New Turner Hall Making Progress

 

What a difference a year makes! 

As SC State students returned to campus on August 10 to begin the new school year, it is clear that the new Turner Hall academic building has made great progress since May. 

Listen to the post here. 

(Background music courtesy Incompetech.com)

This photo is from one year ago, August 2025. The construction was just getting underway. 

In an update this week, the university says crews have completed the steel structure or framework and are now pouring concrete for each floor. 

The $54.7 million 94,000-square-foot building is scheduled to open next year, hopefully in time for the start of the 2027-2028 school year.