I had been working in the basement of the former Long's Book Store [at 1836 N. High St.] while the Wexner Center for the Arts had been built during the late 1980s.

When the Wexner Center for the Arts had opened [during November 1989], the dominant marketing and branding theme for this world-class arts center had been "12¼°" because the "street grid" of Columbus [including N. High St.] is rotated 12¼° when compared with "true north" while the "street grid" of the OSU campus is exactly aligned with "true north."

The sidewalks on N. High St. in the OSU campus area have brick inlays that cross the sidewalk panels at a 12¼° angle when compared with the walking direction of that sidewalk. Now, many of those bricks have disappeared from the sidewalks with the result that the sidewalks along N. High St. in the OSU campus area contain many "trip hazards."

For the past thirty years, the Wexner Center for the Arts has hosted many innovative and high-quality art exhibitions, films, and performances.