{"id":403,"date":"2008-10-29T15:08:44","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T22:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=403"},"modified":"2008-10-29T15:08:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T22:08:44","slug":"star-sales-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/29\/star-sales-central\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Sales &#8211; Central"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"404\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/29\/star-sales-central\/signs-007\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg?fit=3072%2C2304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3072,2304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1224909089&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;11.1875&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"signs-007\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-404\" title=\"signs-007\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/swanky\/swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/swanky\/swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-007.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Star Sales has just all kinds of stuff. But the sign is an icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"405\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/29\/star-sales-central\/signs-008\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg?fit=3072%2C2304&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3072,2304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot G6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1224909109&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;25.09375&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"signs-008\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg?fit=840%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-405\" title=\"signs-008\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/swanky\/swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg?w=1680 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/swanky\/swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-008.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can see the neon of this sign from all over Knoxville. There are concentric neon stars that make the star &#8220;grow&#8221;. Love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Sales has just all kinds of stuff. But the sign is an icon. You can see the neon of this sign from all over Knoxville. There are concentric neon <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/29\/star-sales-central\/\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[550,450,19,539,540,541],"tags":[701,565,357,571,427],"class_list":["post-403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture-retro-goodies-2","category-architecture","category-knoxville","category-retro-goodies","category-retro-preservation","category-vintage-places","tag-knoxville","tag-neon","tag-sign","tag-star-sales","tag-vintage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p731sH-6v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":407,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/30\/lusk-body-co-off-central\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":0},"title":"Lusk Body Co. &#8211; Off Central","author":"Swanky","date":"October 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Lusk Body Co. refurbished their sign I think. Great sign regardless. Happy Hollow, well, holler, is an infamous area of Knoxville and is rapidly gentrifying. I am trying to document some of it's \"glory\" before it is gone.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/architecture-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-009-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":413,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/11\/03\/c-and-s-cleaners-central\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":1},"title":"C and S Cleaners &#8211; Central","author":"Swanky","date":"November 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I think this sign is still doing it's groovy flashing thing at night. I need to go get some movies of the good stuff soon.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/architecture-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-012-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":389,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/25\/signs-of-knoxville-electrical-wholesalers-on-central\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":2},"title":"Signs of Knoxville &#8211; Electrical Wholesalers on Central","author":"Swanky","date":"October 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Electrical WholesalersThis place is still open doing business. Spent this beautifal Fall day photographing some vintage Knox ville, signs and buildings. I'll be posting them over the next week.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/architecture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Electrical Wholesalers","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-001-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":397,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/27\/knox-glass-sign-central-ave-pike\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":3},"title":"Knox Glass Sign &#8211; Central Ave. Pike","author":"Swanky","date":"October 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Knox Glass sign on Central. Looks like it could have gas tiki torches.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/architecture-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Knox Glass","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-005-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":416,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/11\/05\/home-investment-building-1400-central-ave\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":4},"title":"Home Investment Building &#8211; 1400 Central Ave.","author":"Swanky","date":"November 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Looks liek a very Deco design on this sign on Central.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/architecture-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-013-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":410,"url":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/11\/01\/terminal-service-auto-central\/","url_meta":{"origin":403,"position":5},"title":"Terminal Service Auto &#8211; Central","author":"Swanky","date":"November 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, is it Terminal Garage Inc. or Service Auto Parts, or what? 24 Hour Service and AAA for sure. On Central near the Bell South Building.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Architecture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Architecture","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/category\/retro-goodies\/architecture-retro-goodies-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/signs-010-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}