{"id":1157,"date":"2009-12-17T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T04:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2010-10-01T17:18:43","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T22:18:43","slug":"sprint-5301-c-forest-drive-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=1157","title":{"rendered":"Sprint, 5301-C Forest Drive: 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Sprint<\/i> cellular store is, or was, in the same little strip on Forest Drive more or less across from the movies that also recently lost Ela's European Market & Deli<\/a>. I have a bit of a soft spot for Sprint<\/i>, though I've never used them for anything other than a phonecard, because back in the day they used to do some interesting programming projects. My employer worked R&D contracts with them a number of times, and that led to me spending a good many weeks in Overland Park Kansas, which aside from maybe Seoul, is the coldest place I have ever been. I remember one project there where when I drove past a bank on the way to Sprint in the morning, it was -5F and when I drove back to the hotel after work it was +5F. I was also in the room once when the then president of Sprint took a call from Donald Trump who was checking to see if Sprint could handle the call-in volume for his Miss Universe pageant. At some point after that, Sprint cut out most of their R&D and became an off-the-rack operation though I doubt that had much to do with why this store closed..<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1 Oct 2010<\/b> -- This Sprint store (and Ela's Deli<\/a> next door) are now part of a 24-hour fitness center.<\/p>\n

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