my last Columbia thread? night, 5 Points and lots more!!!

LSyd · #1 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 2:39 AM**

sadly i've moved from Columbia (for work,) but here's a lot of pics i took before the move. i miss it already.

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Inside joke soundtrack...local media is obsessed with homicides

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USC's Horseshoe area - dating from the early 1800s, it thankfully survived the 1865 burning of the city
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some daytime pics
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Five Points area...bars, restaurants, shops that fight to keep it local. sadly, there's plans that sound to me like over-gentrification for trust-fund fratties.
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locally owned for over 50 years, the owner now wants to sell and retire
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another potential victim of gentrification; hopefully they can at least save the cool tower and make the site more pedestrian friendly
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one of my favorite houses in Columbia
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my new 2nd favorite house in Columbia
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West Columbia was once called Brookland...here's the proof
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some construction at the block of Main and Blossom Streets

demolition of my freshman year dorm complex...to be replaced by housing for honors college dorks
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research building going up (new stadium condos in the distance)
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Adesso, 6 story luxury condo where there used to be a bookstore and Circle K
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parting shots from my old apartment
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1ajs · #2 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 2:52 AM**

holy shit i remember seeing these in 98 wonder who made them?

Cory · #3 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 1:55 PM**

Thoise night shots are a Columbia that I have never seen before.

Love this building.

flar · #4 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 4:11 PM**

Good night shots! Never saw Columbia before you started posting it, I wonder if I'll ever see it again?

Ex-Ithacan · #5 Posted **Jan 31, 2007, 5:44 PM**

And a fond farewell to L's Columbia threads (though i have a feeling there may be some return visits).

Good stuff, but let me get this straight. You stay in a city until it's on the cusp of a boom and then leave? Wassup wit dat?

Thanks for the tour L.

LSyd · #6 Posted **Feb 1, 2007, 12:46 AM**

thanks y'all.

Western, plenty of the night shots were taken around the often overlooked east-side of downtown, which is a mix of old housing (a lot of which survived the civil war burning of the city,) new housing, and smaller office buildings. more projects seem to be planned for it though, hmm...

ex-ith, i'd love to stay but uncle sam says i'm needed elsewhere...it seems to be the story of my moves, i leave someplace right when it starts booming.

flar, you'll see it again, although i'm not sure when, or what camera the pics'll be from.

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

holy shit i remember seeing these in 98 wonder who made them?

cool, where'd you see them? there's a lot more of them in the art bar in columbia, i think it's their headquarters. although 4 of them are outside of downtown (there were two others on the house next to the one in the pic.) i bet they're a self-replicating species.

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1ajs · #7 Posted **Feb 1, 2007, 4:33 AM**

they were sitting on that portch when i saw them...

theres a big park across from there is there not? or along that street...

LSyd · #8 Posted **Feb 2, 2007, 4:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by 1ajs

they were sitting on that portch when i saw them...

theres a big park across from there is there not? or along that street...

i think there's a park near there. it's wierd, i lived in Columbia almost a total of 6 years and went down that street lots of times, but never noticed the Tobors until this time. what were you doing during your visit in 98?

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harls · #9 Posted **Feb 4, 2007, 12:58 AM**

I am upset that you've moved, but also happy that you've moved on.

nice pics.

LSyd · #10 Posted **Feb 6, 2007, 1:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by harls

I am upset that you've moved, but also happy that you've moved on.

nice pics.

thanks. yeah, it's sad to have moved on, but i'm looking forward to travel and life in a new (but similar) region.

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Buckeye Native 001 · #11 Posted **Feb 6, 2007, 2:46 AM**

Judging by the pics, it doesn't get too cold in the winter in Columbia? Looking good!

Good luck with your move!

1ajs · #12 Posted **Feb 8, 2007, 6:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by LSyd

i think there's a park near there. it's wierd, i lived in Columbia almost a total of 6 years and went down that street lots of times, but never noticed the Tobors until this time. what were you doing during your visit in 98?

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christmas then hauled ass to mexico... but ya spent a week out there. went to the swamp and even charlston

zerokarma · #13 Posted **Feb 10, 2007, 4:00 PM**

I love the night shots

LSyd · #14 Posted **Feb 12, 2007, 10:16 PM**

thanks gatorbeeyotch and 0karma.

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LSyd · #15 Posted **Mar 7, 2007, 10:36 PM**

not found photos, i took these, please move to the correct section, thanks.

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M II A II R II K · #16 Posted **Mar 7, 2007, 10:52 PM**

Done! But I only just started moving threads and will take a bit of time.

KB0679 · #17 Posted **Mar 7, 2007, 11:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Gatorbitch

Judging by the pics, it doesn't get too cold in the winter in Columbia? Looking good!

Good luck with your move!

Winters are pretty mild in Columbia, but people tend to complain about the "brutal" summers, LOL.

LSyd · #18 Posted **Mar 7, 2007, 11:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by M II A II R II K

Done! But I only just started moving threads and will take a bit of time.

thanks dood.

i hope the original photos section rocks wild and keeps lame "i found these" threads in their place.

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p.s. not all "i found these" threads are lame. just most.

Urban Sky · #19 Posted **Mar 8, 2007, 12:36 AM**

sweet photos. especially love the night shots. AWB on those?

Evergrey · #20 Posted **Mar 8, 2007, 9:47 PM**