Speedway Store @ 8th/Perry St

[02roadking]

Hmmmm, maybe their closing is the reason the (24hr) BP @ Liberty & 8th has seen an uptick in nighttime activity. Very boisterous & loud lately, especially late night, early morning.

[Omarvelous09]

Hmmmm, maybe their closing is the reason the (24hr) BP @ Liberty & 8th has seen an uptick in nighttime activity. Very boisterous & loud lately, especially late night, early morning.

Yea...that place is crazy. Never really thought of that as Springfield though. Kinda far down 8th.

[Springfielder]

Kind of far down 8th? I don't know what area you consider to be Springfield, but 8th and Liberty IS in historic springfield. Our boundaries go to Ionia, which is another couple of blocks east.

[AlexS]

The proprietor closed the store. Not enough business. The store is now for lease or sale.

[Karl_Pilkington]

guess selling 40's, lottos and smokes ain't all that profitable, too bad he wasn't getting a piece of the action outside the store thats where the real profits were.

[nvrenuf]

Hmmmm, maybe their closing is the reason the (24hr) BP @ Liberty & 8th has seen an uptick in nighttime activity. Very boisterous & loud lately, especially late night, early morning.

Interesting considering that this store usually closed by about 9:30p. The store was fine for the occasional jug of milk but I didn't frequent it much. Along with the harmless social club were quite a few drug dealers and friends that I didn't want to have to go through to use the store.

[02roadking]

Yeah, they started the 24 hr. thing about 3 or 4 weeks ago. I'm going to get with the SHADCO and try to nip it in the bud before it gets to out of hand.

[Deuce]

Nip that sucker! The only thing someone needs to buy 24 hours are drugs for an illness and maybe toilet paper (if you're out of paper towel).

[AlexS]

Speedway store is now boarded up. Maybe it's closed for a longer time ?

[Omarvelous09]

Kind of far down 8th? I don't know what area you consider to be Springfield, but 8th and Liberty IS in historic springfield. Our boundaries go to Ionia, which is another couple of blocks east.

I guess youre right.. maybe we should change the boundaries lol.

[Deuce]

If the boundaries of the historic district ever do change, they will probably move north to MLK to encompass that area that was originally platted as New Springfield (I hope I got that correct). There are some great historic homes in that area as well.

[sheclown]

Once upon a time there was a plan to include that area in the historic district.  Currently, it is an unwanted area....ignored by SPAR Council/ Springfield unless something good happens there and equally unclaimed by Metro North...who I found out at least goes to some of the public meetings about the issues that come up in that area.  Deuce is right, there are a lot of really great houses...many from the teens and twenties...in that area.  A little more like Avondale perhaps in terms of design.

Any store closing today is a sign of the times and it should worry all of us a little. Even if we didn't like the clientele it served

[samiam]

For a business to survive it must change as the demographics of the area changes. A good example of this is the store at 3rd and market. They saw the change and about a year or so ago started stocking a supply of good wines and imported beer.

[strider]

Actually, the demographics haven't changed all that much.  Which is why there are worries on the part of a few about the newest gas/ convience store at Liberty.  It is very good that the stores add items as a smaller somewhat upscale clientel comes in, but it isn't their primary business yet.