What had once been a decaying, dingy, low-rent gas station and more recently a white-tented behemoth was today unsheathed to reveal a slick, brand new, stunningly designed… gas station. But not just any gas station. With its slick metallic surfaces and geometric angles, this is the gas station of the future. A Frank Gehry-inspired silver ogre dominating the corner of Olympic & Robertson.
A little better? Hell yeah.
A lot better? Not really.
All that effort, all that time, all that money and all to glorify our continuing dependence on fossil fuels.
And now, an ode to pointless beauty...