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For over 30 years, Group Therapy has been a local staple of Five Points’ nightlife scene. Anyone who has passed through the Greene Street entrance has seen the bronze doorstep with the bar’s name oozing out onto the sidewalk.
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The final project of the Five Points Centennial Celebration, the Postcard Mural, was in the works since 2016. A 12-person committee consisting of members of the Five Points Association Board of Directors and staff, along with the owners of Drip and Pecknel and representatives from One Columbia, worked hard to do justice to the prominent…
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The completion of Centennial Plaza is the culmination of Five Points’ Centennial Year in 2015 and includes the third water feature added to the district: a 6-foot rotating granite kugel over water weighing over 30,000 pounds, making it the largest in South Carolina. Tribute to Col. Jack Van Loan Statue Additionally, a statue of Col.…
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The Five Points Association worked in conjunction with the City of Columbia to beautify the existing Norfolk Southern railroad bridge in Columbia that crosses Blossom Street which is a prominent gateway between the historic Five Points business district and the University of South Carolina’s campus. As part of the ongoing celebration of Five Points’ Centennial…
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You may have spotted Logan hanging around Five Points, but have you found all six!? Let the Great Five Points Leprechaun Hunt begin!
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A decade after the iconic Five Points Plaza Fountain was made its mark, the second fountain made its debut marking the entrance into Five Points from Blossom Street at Saluda Avenue.
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Synonymous with Five Points to locals and a must-see for visitors, the Five Points Fountain was built in 1997 by the Five Points Association. This prominent landmark provides a beautiful and iconic gathering place, backdrop for photos, epicenter for events and more.
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Completed in 2019, Rubble Without a Cause adds another masterpiece to the lengthy list of Blue Sky’s Columbia collection. Learning the lesson, “never paint a mural in a place nobody ever sees it,” after completing Five Points in 1948, there’s no missing the eye-catching addition on Blossom Street. What was once a wall with grimly…
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The mural, located on the north side of the Home Team Restaurant building (700 Harden Street) was commissioned by (formerly) Harper’s Restaurant in 1990. The artist Blue Sky completed the 14×60 foot mural in the summer of 1991. The painting depicts Five Points as it might have appeared from a vantage point halfway up Devine…
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The masonry sculpture was built by Jay Hubbell, a Columbia artist and stoneworker who has now unfortunately passed away. He was a veteran drummer in local punk bands including From Safety to Where, Hubbell built stone works across the Southeast and here in Columbia, including obelisks on Millwood Avenue and at Gervais and Oak. Hubbell…
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