A proposal to demolish a building housing three Meeting Street businesses was met this month with such vehement community disapproval that the architect deferred the application before a city board considered it.

For now, the tenants at the 20th-century building at 280 Meeting St., which is home to The Bicycle Shoppe, 319 Men and Theatre 99, can breathe a little easier — at least for a while.

According to media reports, the tenants were blindsided by the demolition proposal, which they only found out about after word spread through social media.

“I think everyone is a little bit relieved that they’re taking a beat here to, presumably, talk with the community,” said Preservation Society of Charleston President and CEO Brian Turner. “We encouraged people to comment when this was first pos

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