{"id":5642,"date":"2012-04-21T01:05:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-21T06:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=5642"},"modified":"2023-01-31T22:47:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:47:17","slug":"hot-spot-10111-garners-ferry-road-march-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=5642","title":{"rendered":"Hot Spot, 10111 Garners Ferry Road: March 2012 (Closed again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040549.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040549_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040549_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040549_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040550.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040550_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040550_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040550_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040551.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040551_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040551_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040551_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040552.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040552_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040552_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040552_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040553.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040553_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040553_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040553_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040554.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040554_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040554_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040554_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040555.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040555_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040555_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040555_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040556.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040556_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040556_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040556_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040557.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040557_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040557_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040557_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, another day, another closed gas station on The Sumter Highway.  This one is recent though, closing some time in March I think, though it can probably be figured accurately from the gas prices..  While I was taking these shots, the guy from the adjacent <i>Subway<\/i> came over and wanted to know if I was looking to buy the building.  I'm not sure I ever did convey exactly what I was doing (which really doesn't make much sense to any rational person).<\/p>\n<p>I like the canopy here, and the way it slightly \"vees\" rather than being completely flat as most new ones are.  I think most modern construction has lost something.  Notice too that the pumps have analog\/mechanical displays.  The one for 89 octane looks as though it was not happy to get up into the $3 range.  Also note, one of the common features of a recently closed business:  The new phonebook parked against the door.<\/p>\n<p>As an added bonus, the drive home from here was very scenic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040558.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040558_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040558_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040558_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040559.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/12\/04\/p1040559_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1040559_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1040559_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to someone whose comment I can no longer find)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 24 November 2014<\/b> -- The <i>Hot Spot<\/i> is open again (and apparently has been for some time):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/14\/11\/hotspot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/14\/11\/hotspot_tn.jpg\" title=\"hotspot_tn.jpg\" alt=\"hotspot_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 22 January 2017<\/b> -- This place has now re-flagged as <i>O M Mart<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/17\/01\/p1390462.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/17\/01\/p1390462_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1390462_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1390462_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 31 January 2023<\/b>: Adding map icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/10111+Garners+Ferry+Rd,+Eastover,+SC+29044\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, another day, another closed gas station on The Sumter Highway. This one is recent though, closing some time in March I think, though it can probably be figured accurately from the gas prices.. While I was taking these shots, the guy from the adjacent Subway came over and wanted to know if I was [&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":[305,444,128,267,4,443,356],"class_list":["post-5642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-convenience","tag-eastover","tag-garners-ferry-road","tag-gas","tag-stores","tag-sumter-highway","tag-us-378"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5642","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=5642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}