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January 9, 2006
Learning From Los Angeles
Brooklyn Views
Is Downtown LA a cautionary tale, or a vision of the future of Brooklyn?
BV offers us this review of Downtown LA from a Washington Post article by Jon Pomfret:
“More pets than children live downtown, and no schools serve the area. Because much of downtown was rebuilt at the height of the automobile age, at some intersections it’s impossible to walk across the street. At night, the area is desolate and its nightlife is more like a dusk life. The kitchen at the swankiest restaurant, Pinot, closes at 9. It is impossible to hail a cab because the police department refuses to allow random stops, but even if it did, most Los Angeles cabbies would not take short fares. Local redevelopment boards have hired their own security services and trash collection services because city services are stretched too thin.”
Posted by lumi at January 9, 2006 9:07 AM