a. an enclosure, usually made with bars or wire, for keeping birds, monkeys, mice, etc. b. (as modifier): cage bird. 2. a thing or place that confines or imprisons. 3. something resembling a cage in function or structure: the rib cage.
Waterfront Park overlooks Charleston Harbor and offers views of Fort Sumter and the Ravenel Bridge. Charleston is the oldest and second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the CharlestonâNorth CharlestonâSummerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The OMB defines the area as comprising Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties, an area with 664,607 in the 2010 census (though a July 1, 2012 estimate placed the population at 697,439). Principal cities include Charleston, North Charleston, and Summerville. The area is commonly referred to as the Tri-County Area or the Lowcountry, though the latter term has historically referred to South Carolina coast in general.