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The salvation army building used to be the Chevrolet dealership I think.
Burwell's Chevrolet was in the building on the opposite corner across from the Herald-Journal office.
http://digital.infodepot.org/cdm4/results....OBOX1=Chevrolet
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because going beyond that width would require buildings to actually be purchased and demolished
Not to mention the bridges.
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What are your guys thoughts?
I saw that article earlier. I have two thoughts:
1) They should have scraped up the money somehow and widened I-85 to 8 lanes the last time.
2) I'm so glad I don't commute to Greenville every day any more - the first widening nearly drove me insane.
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Good to know. Can anyone be more specific about its location? An address perhaps?
yellowpages.com says 1011 Union St which puts it at or near the corner of Union and Forest Ave.
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And I was sad to learn last week that Pizza Inn closed. Does anybody know why??? They always seemed so busy.
Partner dispute/personal reasons according to the paper. Here's the articles:
Boiling Springs Pizza Inn closes doors
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What a view! Maaco on one side, the Miller building on the other, a condemmed house straight ahead, and the fire station in the distance...
It's better to beautify an ugly part of town than to spend the money on parts of town that are already being taken care of. And it's a fairly major corner there.
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R4. Kind of a bummer to hear. Hopefully, by the time I am ready to move there will be more opportunity.
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PS to Jael- Once you get the Target and bookstore, will you still come downtown and referee an argument between Spartan and myself over a pint?
Only if I can park right in front!!
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Give them a Target on the east side and they are happy. Make it where they never have to pass Church St and venture to the west side and they are happy. In fact they might even be happy if they never had to go past Pine St except for church on Sunday.
That would be me except my church is on Fernwood-Glendale! I hardly go to the west side now. I just really want that Target and a book store, and I'll go over there even less. ;-)
I've lived here since downtown was the only shopping district, Hillcrest ended just beyond Garner's breezeway and Westgate was a peach orchard; I've lived here when downtown was dead as a doornail. It's nice to see restaurants and businesses and residents there again, but honestly, I don't see it becoming the main shopping district ever again. Nor do I particularly want it to be.
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But what type of place used to be there? I never knew any restaurant had existed there before.
It was a restaurant called the Spice of Life.
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The Hillcrest location was never as busy as the North Pine location. There was hardly ever a line inside or out, and the N Pine location is on a major traffic route. Obviously I hate to see it go, but its just a Starbucks. We are fortunate to have lots of good local coffee places to choose from.
It took forever to get the building renovated and was in an awkward location for getting to it and back out. Also, Panera Bread was already established and easier to get to as is the little drive-up place in Quizno's parking lot. Add that to the number of vacancies in Hillcrest in general, I'm not surprised. I don't drink coffee at all, so personally it doesn't affect me other than losing a business draw over here.
On another subject, I see that there's a sign in Garner's old spot about AT&T opening soon there. I thought they tried to run Garner's off in order to open a national chain restaurant there? Garner's came out well in that deal, though, with getting the breezeway seating for their lunch crowd. I hope they continue to prosper in spite of strip owner's poor management.
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Whats up with GoUpstate.com these days? I know its a slow news period of Spartanburg but the new layout seems to be more of a crime blotter for Spartanburg, rather than a means of conveying news. I'm aware the crime happens in any city, but most of it is not front page news, and I'm fairly certain the print edition does not have the same problem. I wish the Herald-Journal would either have a crime section or at least use some sense in posting these things to the website in such a way that it doesn't appear that crime is the only thing happening in Spartanburg. The old layout of the site did a much better job of this.
I read it via RSS, and the feeds have very little local news compared to the recycled articles from the NYTimes. Didn't their web guy leave recently?
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If so, I guess its good that the Sheriff's office is around the corner
Is there still part of the Sheriff's office in the old Sears building? I thought they all moved out to the facility on California Ave or to the old QS/1 building across from Flower's Bakery?
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There in an article in today's Huntersville paper about the parking lot at CATS Gateway Station in Huntersville (this is for express buse) also being filled to capacity.
The same thing is happening at the Mallard Creek Park & Ride lot.
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Back on topic- How do you know this is a spot of pride and how do you know there will be a park?
Because there was an article in the paper about it. The link to the article is in my earlier response to you. The Group of 100 have built a number of fountains and things around town.
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I still feel like I have not gotten my moneys worth out of the other fountains over at St Johns & Pine and Union & Kennedy.
I don't expect you paid for either of those or this new one.
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Personally, I'm happy to see foreign ownership of American companies. CEO's overseas are more interested in building relationships (with suppliers, customers, employees, and their communities) rather than short term financial goals.
Oh, like Ahold?
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Has anyone been to the Four Seasons yet?
Yes, my sister and her husband were visiting a couple of weeks ago, and we went. All of us agreed it was as good as the original Four Seasons. Business seems to be good as there are a lot of cars there every time I go by.
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Where is east side meat and produce?
yellowpages.com says it's on Union Street down at Camp Croft.
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We lived in Hampton Heights in 1970-71 and my brother went to the school being talked about. I thought it was called Spring St. Elem. but it may have been Southside. I started kindergarten in 1972 and attended Mary H. Wright. My brother was in 2nd grade and remained at Spring St(or Southside) It could have been the first year of desegregation. Gosh....I am old.
Well, I feel better about having to struggle to remember if you lived over there and are confused! ;-)
I've been to the building that was the elementary school once after it became the Arts Center, but as for Jenkins, I don't think I was ever in it. My parents were very strict about where I could go for things, and I don't remember even being allowed to go to basketball games at Jenkins or Cleveland. I couldn't even go to our own being held at Evans if it was a school night.
Re being old, you're just a spring chicken if you started kindergarten in 1972 - I graduated from college the year before that!
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Maybe it was the old Carver HS (the former black high school)?
Carver High School was torn down, and Carver Junior High was built in its place at the same site.
According to the Little Theatre History, Jenkins was a junior high in the mid-40's. It's possible that that's incorrect, but when I was at Evan and then SHS in the 60's, I don't remember ever hearing that Jenkins or Cleveland had ever been anything other than junior high schools. I Google'd and found an old postcard from the 40's on eBay for Cleveland, but nothing turned up for Jenkins. Sorry not to be more help.
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Was it not a high school before that?
I think you're thinking of Evans which was the predecessor of SHS. I guess anything is possible, but I wouldn't have thought District 7 would have had enough students for more than 2 high schools then.
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Wasn't it Erwin HS or something to that effect?
Jenkins Junior High
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It is on Hwy. 9 between I-85 and Business 85, closer to business 85. The food is not too bad. Good lunch fare.
Is that the one that's in the corner of a strip mall? If so, I've eaten there once at night. Food was good - comparable to the same fare as Corona's or San Marcos(?) out on the Asheville Highway.
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