Five Points (Columbia, South Carolina)
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Five Points in Columbia, South Carolina is a shopping, restaurant, and nightlife area that attracts customers from the nearby University of South Carolina and the Columbia metropolitan area. It is the center for the city's annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
It was Columbia's first neighborhood shopping district, named for the intersection of Harden Street, Devine Street, and Santee Avenue. It was home to Columbia's first supermarket<ref name="state2005"/> (an A & P), first Chinese restaurant<ref name="state2005"/> (Kester’s Bamboo House), and the first bar in South Carolina to serve a cocktail<ref name="state2005"/> (the Stage Door, which claimed to sell the state's first legal mixed drink after the South Carolina General Assembly approved the use of minibottles in 1973).
When streetcars were prevalent, Five Points was a hub (rotating circle) for moving between downtown Columbia and the residential area of Shandon.Template:Citation needed
In 2019, Five Points was added to the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
References
External links
- Five Points Mall : Local area business and community guide, celebrating the 5 Points business community
- Five Points Association of Columbia