Comments on: Waccamaw Pottery, US-501 at the Inland Waterway: 1990s

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:15:22 +0000

WALK AWAY, WITH WACCAMAW! :-D

By: Alaska Jill

Alaska Jill — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:00:03 +0000

I remember the Greenville-Spartanburg media market being bombarded with Waccamaw ads - especially that late '80s campaign with the deep-voiced guy singing "Wac-camaw! Wac-wac-camaw!" over and over again. Drove me up the wall. Never was subjected to the actual store; the commercials inflicted enough trauma. Those commercials are all I can think of when someone mentions the word "Waccamaw" in any context at all.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:38:48 +0000

I grew up in North Myrtle Beach and used to love going to Waccamaw Pottery even though, as others have mentioned, it didn't have anything I really wanted to buy. I just liked the layout and have a lot of fond memories of my grandmother taking me there.

By: Christine P

Christine P — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:51:48 +0000

I just finished washing and drying a pretty liqueur glass. I was reminded of buying it at Waccamaw Pottery in Myrtle Beach in the early '80s, so I Googled Waccamaw Pottery and found your blog. At the time, I lived in Wrightsville Beach, NC and drove down to Myrtle Beach quite often, always stopping to shop at the Waccamaw Pottery Outlet. I purchased lots of nice glassware there, much of which I still have today, 30 years later! Sorry to learn that it is gone.......

By: Casey G

Casey G — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:08:19 +0000

I think it would good then to start a Myrtle Beach Closings site. I hope the new owners of the Waccamaw Pottery do well.

By: ted

ted — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:18:06 +0000

There is certainly more than enough churn on the Strand. Things there turn over much more quickly than Columbia.

By: Casey G

Casey G — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:24:20 +0000

Though the Market Commons in bankruptcy it seems to be doing fine as well as Barefoot Landing. B&C really should do something with the Pavilion and Myrtle Square properties though I heard they are going to build a zip line on the Pavilion site. I should start something like Columbia Closings for the Myrtle Beach Area.

By: ted

ted — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:51:44 +0000

Well, I wish them luck. I have to say though, that with Market Commons bankrupt and hurting and with Barefoot Landing bankrupt and with B&C not feeling it can do anything with the Pavilion or Myrtle Square propterties, I'm sceptical.

By: Casey G

Casey G — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:36 +0000

The Waccamaw Pottery has been purchased by 3W LLC, a firm registered in New Jersey that is made up of Chinese and American investors. They bought the 52.29 acres from General Electric Credit Equities for $7.5 million, closing the deal on Dec. 30, according to Horry County property records. They have plans to revive the former shopping hub by cleaning up the area and luring new stores, restaurants, entertainment venues and other tenants. Cleanup of the property has already started and the first new stores could be open by the summer, though it likely will take two years before the buildings known as mall 1 and mall 2 are reopen, and that a least half of the space needs to be filled before it’s viable to open that interior space. The goal is to fill the spaces along the exterior of the property first. Read more at: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/02/09/2650935/new-life-coming-to-former-waccamaw.html

By: ted

ted — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:33:10 +0000

At the time I took these, I believe that Hard Rock Park was taking some sort of upkeep interest in the place and maybe running the security that more or less ran me off in the end. That's obviously not the case now, and the last time I drove through things looked even worse. I'll have to get some updated pictures..