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  • 2019-08-14 (xsd:date)
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  • Is 'Cum Park Plaza' a Real Place? (en)
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  • An image supposedly showing a sign for the Cum Park Plaza as well as various stores at the shopping center, such as Hooters, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Beaver Liquors, is frequently circulated on social media: Cum-Park Plaza is a real place. The various signs below the plaza's name, however, were digitally altered for humorous effect. The real Cum-Park Plaza consists of stores such as Food Lion, Citi Trends, Boost Mobile, and Shoe Show. Here's a look at the original photograph of this sign (left) and the altered version (right): Cum-Park Plaza is located in Burlington, North Carolina. You can see an image of this sign via Google Street View here. While this plaza's name may have certain NSFW (not safe for work) connotations for some, this name actually refers to the two people who developed the plaza in the 1960s: Carl Parks and Hugh Cummings. While the name of this plaza is displayed as Cum Park Plaza on the sign, news reports about the shopping center add a hyphen between Cum and Park. According to the Times News, Cum-Park Plaza was Burlington's first retail Mecca when it opened up in 1963: An Aug. 6, 1963, a newspaper clipping from the Burlington newspaper the Daily Times-News shows the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Cum-Park Plaza: Mon, Aug 5, 1963 – Page 34 · The Daily Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina) · Newspapers.com In sum, Cum-Park Plaza is a real shopping center that first opened in the 1960s in Burlington, North Carolina. However, the image showing various sexually suggestive store names on its sign was digitally manipulated. (en)
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