Musicians add flavor to Greenville’s Saturday Market, a mix of farmers market and tastings that draws merry crowds to Main Street. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
Greenville was once down on its luck, but it’s now a smallish-town success story.
Children revel in the roar and mist of Reedy River Falls, for years hidden beneath a four-lane auto bridge and today the pride of downtown Greenville. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
What’s for lunch at Bucky’s Bar-B-Q? Ribs over chopped pork (graced with a little South Carolina-style sauce), plus sides of baked beans and sweet potato crunch. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
Once derelict and dangerous, downtown Greenville’s Main Street today is a place for strolling, shopping and quiet conversation. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
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The Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum, once the player’s Greenville home, has, among other artifacts, a Jackson bat, bricks and a wooden grandstand seat from old Comiskey Park, personal items and one notable frame. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
Fluor Field, home of the Greenville Drive, is a near (though smaller) replica of Boston’s Fenway Park, right down to its Green Monster wall in left. The Drive is a Red Sox minor-league affiliate. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
Fried green tomatoes, a Southern classic, at Soby’s, a downtown Greenville favorite since 1997. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
Falls Park, with adjacent Reedy River Falls, gives Greenville one of the nation’s finest urban green spaces. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
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Reminiscence, a work by Vietnam-born sculptor Tuan Nguyen, is one of a collection of public artworks that bring grace, elegance and occasional whimsy to Greenville’s Main Street. (Alan Solomon / Chicago Tribune)
