CHARLESTON -
The Occupy Charleston movement is gone.
At least they're nowhere to be seen.
The large tent that had housed the protesters for several weeks was dismantled Friday.
The open canopy and flooring was provided by the AFL-CIO at a property near the union's building on Leon Sullivan Way in the warehouse district.
But union officials told 13 News yesterday the movement's leaders asked them to take the tent down.
They were told the location was too far off the beaten track to get the attention the demonstrators wanted.
Occupy Charleston protesters had kept up a continuous presence for the last two and a half months. When they were forced out ofHaddad Park and then Davis Park by city officials who objected to their overnight camping, they were offered the Shrewsbury Street location -- and shelter -- by the AFL-CIO.
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