Saturday spottings (NBT edition)

So much is going on in the city these days that trying to guess the Next Big Thing has become almost a cottage industry; ascertaining Things that are Big is not too difficult, but schedules change, finances shift, and all manner of stuff transpires, making the determination of Next tricky at best.

Still, twenty years ago no one imagined any Big Things at all for anywhere in the city, let alone the near-northeast sector, which is about to become seriously hot, and not in the scorching-summertime sense.

And right now, the hundred-foot-long tube sticking out of the center of Stiles Park on NE 8th Street invites more questions than it answers. But the Beacon of Hope, the centerpiece of Founders' Plaza, due for completion Real Soon Now, is, I suspect, going to draw far more attention to a part of town that is today largely overlooked by many of us. At least, it will when it's dark outside. (Photo borrowed from DowntownOKC.com. I described this project to my daughter, who asked: "Can it be used to summon Batman?" Um, no, I don't think so.)

Banner seen on a clinic on Classen: "CAR ACCIDENT / No Appointment Necessary." Thank goodness. I'd hate to have to schedule one of those.

Posted at 8:52 PM to City Scene