JeffDowntown
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Nope. There is a new 7-11 just a half block or so outbound from the corner, which I grew up calling Crackhead Corner, and aptly so... that 7-11 converted to a Panera a long while back. Why that had such a profound impact on the formerly rampant drug dealing on that corner I'm not sure. The W construction definitely helped too as the spillover open air drug market permeated down to the corner of Stuart and Charles St. Ext. Also, the decline of streetwalking prostitutes coinciding with the rise of online sex ads played a significant role in the reduction of visible street crime around this whole area, although that change was already well underway before the demise of the corner 7-11... but probably hastened the cleanup of the remains of the criminal activity around here. Either way, that original 7-11 was very bad news indeed.
Also, as you add pricey residential units to the area (W, One Charles, Ava) you also get increased police presence that basically plays whack-a-mole with the prostitution and drug trade. I don't know where it moved to, but it definitely was moved out.