{"id":326,"date":"2009-02-17T01:18:46","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T06:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=326"},"modified":"2017-07-11T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:05:17","slug":"main-beach-arcade-fernandina-beach-fl-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Main Beach Arcade, Fernandina Beach Florida: 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nWelcome Facebook users 11 July 2017: I see a lot of hits on this old page from Facebook today. Welcome to Columbia Closings<\/i>. Normally this site focuses on Columbia South Carolina, but there are some other Fernandina pages you may be interested in:<\/p>\n

A1A Gas Mart, 816 South 8th Street (Fernandina Beach FL)<\/a><\/p>\n

Amelia Con 2014, Fernandina Beach Florida<\/a><\/p>\n

Amelia Con 2016, Fernandina Beach Florida<\/a><\/p>\n

Island Cinema 7, 1132 14th Street (Fernandina Beach FL)<\/a><\/p>\n

Kmart, 1525 Sadler Road (Fernandina Beach)<\/a><\/p>\n

O'Kane's Irish Pub And Eatery, 318 Centre Street (Fernandina Beach)<\/a><\/p>\n

Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q 2742 South 8th Street, Fernandina Beach FL<\/a><\/p>\n

Topsy's Downtown Gulf, 710 Centre Street (Fernandina Beach)<\/a><\/p>\n

A1A Gas Mart, 816 South 8th Street (Fernandina Beach FL)<\/a><\/p>\n

Indian River Fruit Stand, A1A (Yulee Florida)<\/a><\/p>\n

And check the Alphabetical Closings<\/a> page for other Florida references.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And now back to the original post:<\/p>\n

Well, I'm on the road, and didn't get all the pictures I wanted to take done beforehand, so I'm going to throw in a few ringers this week.<\/p>\n

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These pictures were taken on New Years Day 2006, and a very foggy one it was too. The Main Beach Arcade at Fernandina was a place we never went, despite spending a week there every summer from the 60s through the 80s. I'm not entirely sure why, but for some reason, I don't even remember campaigning for our parents to take us. Perhaps it was because we walked everywhere when we were in Fernandina, and the beach was simply too far.<\/p>\n

The place had go-karts, a water slide, a snackbar and an arcade. Notice the whiting out of \"Local\" from the \"Shrimp\" offered (and remember that Fernandina is \"the birthplace of the modern shrimping industry\" and still has a Shrimp Festival<\/a> every year). Notice also the sign on the go-kart track forbidding \"wreckless driving\". I'm not sure if that was clever or ignorant.. Anyway by New Years day, the place had been more or less condemned (read the red tags), and is now completely demolished and gone. Oh well.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 24 Feb 09<\/b>: This is a shot taken on 17 Feb 2009 of the empty lot where the arcade was. The buildings and attractions were in the grassy area in front of the pickup truck.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 4 March 2012<\/b> -- Well, I'm guessing razing the place is not looking so good to the property owner now, six years later, with the property still vacant..<\/p>\n

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