{"id":15320,"date":"2019-02-15T00:27:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T05:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=15320"},"modified":"2023-03-29T23:27:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T03:27:39","slug":"circle-k-334-harbison-boulevard-january-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=15320","title":{"rendered":"Circle K, 334 Harbison Boulevard: January 2019 (Open Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163529898.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163529898_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163529898_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163529898_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163534585.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163534585_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163534585_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163534585_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163538571.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163538571_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163538571_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163538571_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163624341.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163624341_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163624341_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163624341_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163626818.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163626818_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163626818_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163626818_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163628851.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163628851_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163628851_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163628851_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163631356.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/img_20190104_163631356_tn.jpg\" title=\"img_20190104_163631356_tn.jpg\" alt=\"img_20190104_163631356_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570354.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570354_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570354_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570354_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570355.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570355_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570355_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570355_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570356.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570356_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570356_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570356_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570357.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570357_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570357_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570357_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570358.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/02\/p1570358_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1570358_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1570358_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/11\/05\/p1210746.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/11\/05\/p1210746_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/11\/05\/p1210747.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/11\/05\/p1210747_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first seven (excellent) pictures here are provided courtesy of commenter Heath.<\/p>\n<p>This <i>Circle K<\/i> location first stuck in my mind some years ago when I stopped and noticed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=3764\">Subway restaurant in the back<\/a> was clearly built in what was once a automated car wash slot, complete with a guide lane now leading nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>I am a fan of the current round of <i>Circle K<\/i> rebuilds.  The new stores are attractive inside and not at all cramped, plus they have nice bathrooms, which works in their favor on long drives.  My cousin was touting Florida's <i>Wa-Wa<\/i> stores at Thanksgiving, and I think that is the kind of thing the new <i>Circle Ks<\/i> are targeted at.  Of course, some of the older plots won't be large enough to do it.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to lots of folks, possibly commenter Arthur was first.  And big thanks to commenter Heath for the pictures!)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 17 April 2019<\/b> -- Construction is continuing apace:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580160.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580160_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580160_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580160_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580162.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580162_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580162_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580162_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580163.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580163_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580163_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580163_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580164.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580164_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580164_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580164_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580166.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580166_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580166_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580166_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580167.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/19\/04\/p1580167_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1580167_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1580167_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 13 February 2020<\/b> -- Open again:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/02\/p1620133.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/02\/p1620133_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1620133_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1620133_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 29 March 2023<\/b>: Updating tags.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/334+Harbison+Blvd,+Columbia,+SC+29212\/\" 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>The first seven (excellent) pictures here are provided courtesy of commenter Heath. This Circle K location first stuck in my mind some years ago when I stopped and noticed that the Subway restaurant in the back was clearly built in what was once a automated car wash slot, complete with a guide lane now leading [&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":[2717,2820,305,267,188,182,579,4],"class_list":["post-15320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-334-harbison-boulevard","tag-circle-k","tag-convenience","tag-gas","tag-harbison","tag-harbison-boulevard","tag-park-terrace-drive","tag-stores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320","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=15320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}