Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina

Red-Headed Woodpeckers Mark Downtown Aiken Memory

Nostalgic reflection recalls red-headed woodpeckers in downtown Aiken around the York and Park Avenue area and the Farmers and Merchants Bank corner in the 1950s. The piece notes oak trees, parkways, the log cabin housing the Chamber of Commerce, the old Water Building, and signs of change as trees and structures were removed with growth. The author recalls seeing a pair on Kalmia Hill after a year without such sightings.