05-09-2020, 11:01 AM
(05-09-2020, 06:24 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: Quote:$ 9 for a cup of coffee ! Hey man, it's cold brewed with nitrogen, only made during a full moon, by druids. Had to try it once, just to see what the big deal was. My wife said it was the best cup of coffee she ever had, but I believe she was just justifying the cost.Hey man, it's cold brewed with nitrogen, only made during a full moon, by druids. Had to try it once, just to see what the big deal was. My wife said it was the best cup of coffee she ever had, but I believe she was just justifying the cost.
It's funny. I did a lot of work in the warehouse district back in the 90s, so I've watched with interest as that part of town has transformed into the Arts District. The hipster vibe seems kind of forced, however. Like the whole area is trying to prove how cool it is.
I sort of think the planners thought "We have art spaces, lofts, organic markets, what else do we need.... Hey, I know! Cafe style motorcycles being ridden around by guys with trim beards wearing plaid shirts and checkered helmets. Yup, we need that. Put some hip motorcycle hangouts over here, and over there."
It's funny. I did a lot of work in the warehouse district back in the 90s, so I've watched with interest as that part of town has transformed into the Arts District. The hipster vibe seems kind of forced, however. Like the whole area is trying to prove how cool it is.
I sort of think the planners thought "We have art spaces, lofts, organic markets, what else do we need.... Hey, I know! Cafe style motorcycles being ridden around by guys with trim beards wearing plaid shirts and checkered helmets. Yup, we need that. Put some hip motorcycle hangouts over here, and over there."
I'd say It's not just an LA thing but rather a trend here in the U.S.
In Miami, the Wynwood area, as well as neighboring Edgewater, Little Haiti, and Brownsville were always historically undesirable "Hood" parts of town, filled with warehouses and homelessness. After 2010, breweries, art galleries, and hipster bars started popping up left and right, then construction cranes followed, giving birth to now Wynwood Arts district. Needless to say this part of town has seen so much development in the past few years it's almost unrecognizable.
It somehow feels as if developers are able to score land(and permits) in these areas, to either build ground up or rehab abandoned buildings, and cater strictly to young millennial professionals, and since "hip" is in...
Some will call it progress, some call it gentrification... to each their own