Coming Soon, Est. 2019
I opened a one-man investigation into a fenced lot on Manchaca that has promised mixed-use excitement since 2019. So far the only thing it has delivered is a porta-potty with seniority.
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Advance Survey of Porch Lights, Bouldin Creek, Halloween Minus Five
Five days before Halloween I walked my old trick-or-treat route off South Second to count porches that might still open. I found lockboxes, a doorbell that talks back and one bowl of Big Red.
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Twenty Yards, Roll-Off, West Annie Street
A 1938 Bouldin Creek bungalow came down this week, and the only witness who kept the evidence was the twenty-yard dumpster parked out front. It has notes.
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Sixer Rang Up Seventeen Forty-Nine at the South First Corner Store
Watched a six-pack of Lone Star ring up $17.49 at the revamped South First corner store; Rodriguez Grocery's $2.99 domestics, free ice, and neighborhood familiarity have been swapped for barnwood, app payments, and $9 hazy IPAs.
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Overheard at the New H-E-B
Stood behind a woman in $180 sneakers praising the "authentic neighborhood vibe" of the remodeled H-E-B at South Lamar and Barton Springs while the $4.29 single tamale and mandatory app coupon danced in my head; what used to be a $28 grocery run with actual butchers who knew your order is now a temple of exposed ductwork where the beer cooler requires facial recognition and the parking lot no longer tolerates the guy selling bootleg CDs out of his trunk.
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