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[GvilleSC]

Plaza Coins and Knives, which moved from Lewis Plaza has done a nice job on their building on Poinsett. It has a nice mural on the wall too which adds some "flavor" to the building. Kind of "West End-ish".

[Mr. Downtown]

The "purple porno shop" near the Rutherford intersection (where the Gooder 'N Good restaurant was YEARS ago) has recently closed and the building has been painted a less atrocious color.

[GvilleSC]

Mr. Downtown, on Jun 21 2007, 11:28 AM, said:

The "purple porno shop" near the Rutherford intersection (where the Gooder 'N Good restaurant was YEARS ago) has recently closed and the building has been painted a less atrocious color.

good sign for a brighter future. Rebuilding Poinsett, one building at a time.

[linkerjpatrick]

GvilleSC, on Jun 21 2007, 12:43 PM, said:

good sign for a brighter future. Rebuilding Poinsett, one building at a time.

Conversely the "pink porno show"  I assume it has some porno stuff, never been there myself was getting a newer fresher looking sign.  I surprised that business is still there in full view right as you exit Cherrydale Shopping Center near Jack in the Box.

[RestedTraveler]

Mr. Downtown, on Jun 21 2007, 11:28 AM, said:

The "purple porno shop" near the Rutherford intersection (where the Gooder 'N Good restaurant was YEARS ago) has recently closed and the building has been painted a less atrocious color.

It got more than just a paint job...that building was gutted and renovated inside and out.  It looks TONS better.  That old purple and orange (no offense to Clemson fans) was horrid.

GvilleSC, on Jun 21 2007, 12:43 PM, said:

good sign for a brighter future. Rebuilding Poinsett, one building at a time.

Amen to that!  That old Post Office/Pawn Shop is looking great!  The rest of the strip mall next to it appears to be getting some paint to match what's been done at the old Post Office/Pawn Shop, too.

linkerjpatrick, on Jun 21 2007, 01:42 PM, said:

Conversely the "pink porno show"  I assume it has some porno stuff, never been there myself was getting a newer fresher looking sign.  I surprised that business is still there in full view right as you exit Cherrydale Shopping Center near Jack in the Box.

Are you talking about Pandora's Boxxx ?  It'd be nice if that place were to receive at least a coat or two of "earth tone" paint so it didn't stick out so much.  I don't mind a business such as this being there, I'd just rather it were more inconspicuous so my kids don't some day ask me about it.

[linkerjpatrick]

RestedTraveler, on Jun 21 2007, 02:00 PM, said:

Are you talking about Pandora's Boxxx ?  It'd be nice if that place were to receive at least a coat or two of "earth tone" paint so it didn't stick out so much.  I don't mind a business such as this being there, I'd just rather it were more inconspicuous so my kids don't some day ask me about it.

I agree.  I'm kind of confused how those business stay in business sometimes and at other times you hear about the law going in and shutting them down.  I'm not sure why those kind of businesses seem to go out of their way to look "slinky"  they could use various "skin tones" in the paint job, etc.  

[StrangeCock]

RestedTraveler, on Jun 21 2007, 01:00 PM, said:

Are you talking about Pandora's Boxxx?  It'd be nice if that place were to receive at least a coat or two of "earth tone" paint so it didn't stick out so much. I don't mind a business such as this being there, I'd just rather it were more inconspicuous so my kids don't some day ask me about it.

I still can't believe they got away with their old commercials..."Isn't it time you've been in Pandora's Boxxx?"

Edited by StrangeCock, 21 June 2007 - 12:43 PM.

[vwsam]

Any reason title loan shops have to be so darn bright as well?  

That town you live in - The Burgeoning Cosmopolitan Foothills Metropolis of Greenville, South Carolina - is quite a mouthful RT...

[Greenville]

Wow RT, you sure do know a lot about the local porn shops!

Just kidding, my friend.

[RestedTraveler]

^^ I unfortunately must drive past it nearly every time I go into Downtown Greenville.    It is rather interesting, too, to watch who pulls into the parking lot and goes inside sometimes.  

Edited by RestedTraveler, 21 June 2007 - 03:38 PM.

[erm1981]

^^^I wonder if ol' George Clooney found his way into there....joke.

[swu_BA_student]

The old tool pawn shop looks a lot better now.

[RestedTraveler]

tech_bus_student, on Aug 22 2007, 12:11 PM, said:

The old tool pawn shop looks a lot better now.

I had hoped that the rest of the old strip mall attached to that would receive a similar face lift, but it only got a coat of paint and still look spretty awful.  At the very least a new awning would improve it a great deal.

[vicupstate]

Great article in Gville News about a new effort by the County and Furman to enhance this corridor.  It will be a major initiative of the President of Furman.  A half-mile radius of the Poinsett Hwy/ Norfolk Southern RR junction is the first area of emphasis.

[vistatiger]

One of the worse/ tackiest looking things on Poinsett is that check cashing/quick loan(whatever it is) place in the old Checkers drive thru building. That is the worse looking thing across from that stacked stone 'Welcome to Greenville " sign. Horrid looking with the double drive throughs sticking out each side. That undid everything good about that Welcome sign IMO. Also on the subject of ugly paint jobs -Old Navy should have never painted the outside of their building "bright white" It looks terrible and unbalanced because they are subleasing some of their space they didn't use in the remodel. Cherrydale management should force them to paint it back to match the rest of the  shopping center.

Edited by vistatiger, 26 January 2012 - 09:52 PM.

[StrangeCock]

Cherrydale looks like the Champs Elysees compared to the trash between there and downtown. It's a rust belt. Our very own little mini-Detroit.

[Galley]

StrangeCock, on 26 January 2012 - 10:10 PM, said:

Cherrydale looks like the Champs Elysees compared to the trash between there and downtown. It's a rust belt. Our very own little mini-Detroit.

True, but it has improved in the past five years.

[DowntownCityGirl]

When I've had a project that's in such a mess it's impossible to imagine it ever getting completely fixes (including when there are multiple stakeholders and/or funding issues), I'll take a different tack.  Don't try to see the finish line, just address the start.  What couple of things can we start with, accomplish those, and then addresss the next 3-5 things.  So as I was driving from Cherrydale into downtown yesterday, I started counting chain link fences along that stretch of Poinsett, and there are at least half a dozen of them. Honestly, what other major thoroughfare/gateway to the City would put up with chain link fences right along the road?  It's ridiculous, actually.  Collectively, they detract a lot from how Poinsett Highway looks.

Now, what I don't know is what ability any government body has to address that from a code/zoning standpoint, to the point of making property owners remove existing fences.  But if it was me and I could only do 1 thing, that's where I'd start.  (if I could do 2 things, I'd make Duke Power bury the power lines because they look about as awful as the chain link fences)

[GVLbikeNboard]

Well, I think a lot of the businesses around there have the fences because they feel the need to have them. I think before you go telling them to remove their fences they should feel comfortable doing so, which means a lot of other improvements to the area need to come. The fences aren't up because they think it's attractive, they're up because it's a shady area of town.

[GvilleSC]

It will happen in time. As the land costs increase (as a result of investment by public entities), the industrial uses will no longer be justifiable, and we'll see redevelopment occur. And that being redevelopment to uses that don't require a fence...