While Tim and I were walking back to deposit our hard hats after the Booker T. tour, we took a gander at the more or less finished One Arts Plaza. Not much to report except for out front, where there is the fanciest, schmanciest 7-Eleven you’re ever likely to see; it shares wall space with a wine bar next door. One sort of odd tidbit: since the familiar 7-Eleven sign is about as big as a stop sign and is mostly out of sight, “convenience store” is helpfully lettered across the entire front bank of windows. Also, it made the Channel 5 cameraman really, really want a Slurpee. It made be feel like I was cheating on the fine crew at the 7-11 on Garland Road and Tavaros.
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