Archive for the ‘Sunset Boulevard’ tag
Mommy's Place Consignment, 1055-A Sunset Boulevard: Summer 2011 no comments
Commenter MB points out that this maternity consignment shop in the "Office Suites" strip at 1055 Sunset Boulevard (across from the Brookland Baptist Church,site of the former Sub Cabin) has closed though their web site is still up for now.
(Hat tip to commenter MB, obviously)
Wood Zone, 2263 Sunset Boulevard: May 2011 3 comments
I have an uncle who's quite accomplished at woodworking, but I myself can't drive a nail straight, and had no idea there was a woodworking supply shop in Sunset Court.
As of Saturday, the closing sale was apparently still going, so screw up your resolve, think a bit, hammer out a plan, pick a route and hop a plane on over there before it's awl gone and you just have to think of what mitre been.
(Hat tip to commenter Larry).
UPDATE 8 September 2012 -- The place is now The Karate Dojo. (Also added the Sunset Court sign above)
Three Bean Net Cafe, 5454-A Sunset Boulevard (Lexington): Early November 2010 9 comments
Commenter Andy pointed out that this Internet cafe just to the right of Publix in the Lexington Place strip mall had closed.
I admit that that's far off my usual beat, and I wasn't even aware it existed, but he says
It was one of the few coffee/internet cafes here in Lexington, and it’s especially sad because it was local and always had a pleasant, relaxed vibe.
Judging from their still extant web site, they went beyond the standard Starbucks/Atlanta Bread/Panera wi-fi model in that they also provided on site printers and computers. I have found such places to be very helpful when I'm away from home and need to print out work documents, driving directions etc..
The name apparently came from the fact that there were three owners. I hope the association with "Three Bean Salad" (which I have always hated) didn't hurt them..
(Hat tip to commenter Andy)
UPDATE 3 April 2011 -- It's to be a yogurt shop:
(Hat tip to commenter Elisabeth A)
Baker Brothers American Deli, 5135 Sunset Boulevard, Suite A (Lexington): spring 2010 4 comments
I wrote about the Main Street location of Baker Brothers a while ago. I finally got around to looking for the Lexington location last time I was on Sunset. Of course it was a) nighttime and b) freezing cold, so these are night shots from the car. However you can see that the space has not yet been sold or leased and there is still a good deal of gear inside -- lots of chairs in particular.
When I did the Main Street closing, a number of commenters said that it was quite a good place, making me sorry I never got around to it (or this one). It looks like partaking would be a bit difficult now. According to their web site their current restaurant tally is:
Texas: 12
Iowa: 1
Indiana: 1
Kentucky: 1
making Bowling Green our closest option..
John Deere Landscapes, 1300 Fontaine Road: 2010 (moved?) no comments
I noticed this one driving down Fontaine Road to SC-277 recently. The landscaping operation across Warner Drive from the old Hertz Equipment Rental has either closed or moved. I think it's probably moved as in this year's phonebook, the phone number goes from "John Deere Landscapes, 1300 Fontaine Road" to simply "John Deere Landscapes, Columbia" with a new number given for a Sunset Boulevard location.
Apparently the dog hasn't moved yet..
Citifinancial, 2250 Sunset Boulevard: 2010 1 comment
You can see that this Citifinancial was still in business back in December of 2009, when I took these pictures of Gooney Birds. I know they still operate several locations in Columbia, including one whose mail I always get.
This is another bit of churn in the Westland Square strip mall, which also had Gooney Birds as noted above and the Burnette's Cleaners/ Palmetto Fine Cleaners / Dasini's Hotspot"> shuffle in the corner spot.
South Carolina *** Liquidator ** / Graceland Buildings of Lexington, 4845 Sunset Boulevard: late 2000s 1 comment
I'm not quite sure about this spot on the West side of Sunset Boulevard between I-20 and Pizzaeria Uno. The street number on the trailer at the back of the lot is 4845, which comes up as Graceland Buildings of Lexington. This makes sense given the two outbuildings set beside the trailer. The place may even still be in business though if so, the stock is pretty limited.
However, the sign by the road does not match up with the Graceland listing. Most of it is obscured by a realty paste-up now, but it cleary says something like South Carolina ****** ***** LIquidators **** and the verbiage at the bottom of the sign sounds like it was a sales lot for reposessed mobile homes. Trying reverse lookups on the 359-2989 phone number doesn't return anything useful.
Curiously, the South Carolina state flag homage on the sign has the moon on the wrong side of the palmetto..
Pioneer Machinery, 3239 Sunset Boulevard: 2010 1 comment
I noticed this one last week when I was heading over to Atlanta Bread to see if they had pumpkin soup this year (answer: apparently not). Pioneer Machinery was on the West side of Sunset Boulevard in-between I-20 and I-26.
From the looks of the roadside placard, there were apprently several other businesses in the building, or at least suites for several other businesses.
I don't know anything about Pioneer but they were apprently in defense contracting and won contracts as recently as 2007.
If you click through to the high-res picture, you can see a lost-dog poster on the phone-pole. Hope he got home.
The Free Times / First Source Mortgage / WPC Engineering, 130-A Sunset Boulevard: late 2000s 7 comments
This interesting little building is on Sunset Boulevard just south of the chicken plant. According to LoopNet it's now off the market, though the realty sign was still out front a few days ago when I took this picture. (The picture at LoopNet still has the WPC signage up).
I don't know anything about First Source or WPC Engineering or what happened to them, but apparently the town of West Columbia offices are also at 130 Sunset. I'm not sure if that means in the back of this building, or somewhere else on the lot. The utility-sounding West Columbia filtering plant is supposed to be at 130 as well.
UPDATE 5 Nov 2010: See the comments -- It was also the Free Times building for a while, so I've added that to the post title.
UPDATE 7 May 2012 -- This place is now Kickstand Studio a wedding and commercial photography studio. Looks like they got the kudzu or whatever off the building and power pole too:
Burnette's Cleaners / Dasini's Hotspot, 2250-M Sunset Boulevard: 2010 2 comments
Westland Square is just East of Grecian Gardens on Sunset Boulevard, and is a fairly typical Food Lion anchored strip mall. This unit, just up from the former Gooney Birds was a Burnette's Cleaners when I left town. Apparently sometime thereafter, it converted into another cleaning operation, Palmetto Fine Cleaners and then into a night club, which apparently closed this year.
If I'm reading this LoopNet listing correctly, Westland Square is not currently for sale, but was recently as a package deal with "Waterway Plaza (Little River, SC), St. George Plaza (St. George, SC), South Square (Lancaster, SC), and Clover Plaza (Clover, SC)". That's a pretty geographically diverse set of properties to bundle!
UPDATE 6 June 2012: I was in error in stating above that Palmetto Fine Cleaners took over this spot. I was relying on the fact that PFC had a street address of 2250 Sunset Boulevard, but as it turns out, they were at 2250-A, the other end of the strip mall from this suite at 2250-M. I have removed Palmetto Fine Cleaners from the post title for this closing, and have given them their own closing.