Imagine driving along West Market Street and spotting a giant, 20' tall inflatable SLURPEE toppled along the side of the road. Such was the case at that 7- Eleven yesterday. The sun was shining late in the day and it looked like a giant piece of pop art. It is times like this we had a fashion model with us to add a person to the photo. It is at a new 7-11 Convenience store at the Spring Garden/Muirs Chapel intersection in the plaza known as "Shoppes on Market'. There are red racing flags strung along the front of the store at the gas pumps and, in front of it all, the above-photographed, horizontal SLURPEE. From the looks of a website for this 7-Eleven location (HERE), this store might actually be available for purchase. 7-Eleven opened its first North Carolina Stores in the 1960s but left the state in 1988*. Since about 2012, they have been aggressively re-entering the North Carolina market. Perhaps the Market Street store is part of that initiative.
If you have driven past that intersection lately, you might have noticed the new construction, the sprucing up, and the rejuvenation at Shoppes on Market. Also in that plaza, new business will open in the former location of the Goodwill. It is currently getting the insulation and exterior work completed. It is always nice to see older shopping centers being refurbished. If you know of other such projects in Greensboro, let us know. We'll try to get by to photograph them!
Happy Tuesday!
*Reference and more information, here.
We don't have them here anymore. They got taken over.
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 08:06 AM