{"id":7386,"date":"2013-02-20T01:18:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T06:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=7386"},"modified":"2020-10-05T23:16:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T03:16:22","slug":"blockbuster-2419-broad-river-road-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=7386","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster Video, 2419 Broad River Road: 24 March 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160412.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160412_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1160412_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1160412_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160413.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160413_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1160413_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1160413_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160415.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160415_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1160415_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1160415_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160416.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/13\/02\/p1160416_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1160416_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1160416_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I've done so many closings on <i>Blockbusters<\/i> that it's hard to believe there are still some around.  It's kind of like finding one of those prehistoric fish that get dredged up every now and then.  This one is on Broad River Road near the <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=3415\">old G-E-X<\/a>, and is already having their final clearance sale.  It's amazing how far and how quickly a company which once had naming rights to everything and thought they were the future of entertainment has fallen..<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter William)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 8 April 2013<\/b> -- As reported by commenter Andrew below, this place closed on 24 March, and the signs are down:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/13\/04\/p1000301.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/13\/04\/p1000301_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1000301_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1000301_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 9 April 2014<\/b> -- Now a <i>Buddy's Home Furnishings<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/14\/04\/p1130236.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/14\/04\/p1130236_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1130236_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1130236_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 5 October 2020<\/b>: Updating post tags, changing name in post title from \"Blockbuster\" to \"Blockbuster Video\", adding map icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/2419+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've done so many closings on Blockbusters that it's hard to believe there are still some around. It's kind of like finding one of those prehistoric fish that get dredged up every now and then. This one is on Broad River Road near the old G-E-X, and is already having their final clearance sale. It's [&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":[3121,3118,45,4,740,219],"class_list":["post-7386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-2419-broad-river-road","tag-blockbuster-video","tag-broad-river-road","tag-stores","tag-us-176","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7386","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=7386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}