{"id":10610,"date":"2023-08-13T02:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T02:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=10610"},"modified":"2023-08-13T10:09:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T10:09:07","slug":"thanks-giving-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/misc\/thanks-giving-square\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks-Giving Square"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/53107704864\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53107704864_5d5eb14a72.jpg\" alt=\"Thanks Giving Square\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/53106926172\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53106926172_aedb04c515_z.jpg\" alt=\"Thanks Giving Square\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mrericsir\/53107704849\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53107704849_0fef0cde5e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Thanks Giving Square\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/places\/thanks-giving-square\">Thanks-Giving Square<\/a> is a public\/private park featuring a shell-shaped non-denominational worship room with an incredible series of stained glass skylights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The square itself could almost be mistaken for any other public plaza, were it not for this odd building in the corner. After walking up a spiral ramp there&#8217;s a doorway into the chapel-like space which features a few chairs, an alter that&#8217;s a big cube of solid marble, and a piano that&#8217;s used for funeral services and such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s free and almost always open to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The park outside is also worth strolling through, though unfortunately part of the water feature was not functioning during my visit to Dallas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks-Giving Square is a public\/private park featuring a shell-shaped non-denominational worship room with an incredible series of stained glass skylights. The square itself could almost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Thanks-Giving Square - MrEricSir.com","description":"Thanks-Giving Square is a public\/private park featuring a shell-shaped non-denominational worship room with an incredible series of stained glass skylights. The"},"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1488,38,222],"class_list":["post-10610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","tag-dallas","tag-photos","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10613,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10610\/revisions\/10613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}