{"id":10063,"date":"2014-09-12T23:37:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T04:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=10063"},"modified":"2024-01-29T22:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T03:58:52","slug":"national-pride-car-wash-2416-broad-river-road-2014-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=10063","title":{"rendered":"National Pride Car Wash, 2416 Broad River Road: 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130238.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130238_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1130238_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1130238_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130242.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130242_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1130242_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1130242_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130243.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130243_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1130243_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1130243_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130244.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/14\/09\/p1130244_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1130244_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1130244_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I noticed this summer that the self-service car wash more or less across from <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=7386\">the old Blockbuster<\/a> is up for sale.  I have not been by for a month or so, but at the time it appeared the place would stay in operation until sold.<\/p>\n<p>I don't find much information about the place online, but back in 2003, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamecocksonline.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/102403aac.html\">the USC football team did a charity event there<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 23 April 2019<\/b> -- Well, this place apparently did not sell for a long time, and stayed open for years after this post.  Commenter Andrew reports it has now been torn down, which does not surprise me, as the last time I drove by it was cordoned off with tape barricades and something was apparently about to happen.  I took some drive-by shots, which aren't great, but so it goes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580186.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580186_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580186_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580186_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580187.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580187_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580187_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580187_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580188.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580188_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580188_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580188_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580189.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580189_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580189_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580189_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580190.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580190_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580190_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580190_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580191.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580191_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580191_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580191_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580192.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580192_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580192_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580192_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 15 March 2022<\/b> -- The place has now been razed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780141.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780141_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1780141_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1780141_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780142.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780142_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1780142_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1780142_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780143.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780143_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1780143_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1780143_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780144.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780144_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1780144_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1780144_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780145.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780145_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1780145_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1780145_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780146.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/22\/03\/p1780146_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1780146_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1780146_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 23 March 2023<\/b> -- Something is being built on the lot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870224.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870224_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870224_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870224_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870225.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/23\/03\/p1870225_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1870225_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1870225_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 29 January 2024<\/b> -- Now <i>Cars & Beyond<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/24\/01\/p1930326.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/24\/01\/p1930326_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1930326_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1930326_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Also took the \"for sale\" note out of post title).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2416+Broad+River+Rd,+Columbia,+SC+29210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I noticed this summer that the self-service car wash more or less across from the old Blockbuster is up for sale. I have not been by for a month or so, but at the time it appeared the place would stay in operation until sold. I don't find much information about the place online, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[1597,1598,45,13,1002],"class_list":["post-10063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2416-broad-river-road","tag-briarsgate","tag-broad-river-road","tag-business","tag-car-wash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}