Dave Thomas Circle: DC acquires Wendy's restaurant at center of 'horror story' intersection to rework traffic
Dave Thomas probably wouldn’t have approved of "Dave Thomas Circle," anyway. After all, he prefers squares. Officials in Washington, D.C., have used eminent domain to acquire a property at the center of the city’s most "notorious" intersection — a property that currently houses a Wendy’s restaurant — in order to make improvements and rework traffic for the safety of motorists and cyclists. Constriction on the intersection, often referred to as "Dave Thomas Circle" in honor of Wendy’s founder and square-burger proponent Dave Thomas, will begin in 2022. The property that house...