Venice is the New Sunland Tujunga
It's not big box department stores and it doesn't have anything to do with emergency supplies but some NIMBYs in Venice have some things in common with fellow members of their species in Sunland-Tujunga.First off its offended the sensibilities of some Venetians that Pinkberry - apparently now the Home Depot of frozen yogurt after just a few short years in business - has opened a store on Abbot Kinney.
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A commenter named "M" at CurbedLA summed it up best when he/she said "Wow. I understand the haterade for Pinkberry, but sometimes you want to remind people that it's just frozen yogurt."
A letter writer in local rag Venice Paper pens a nasty note to the owner of the property where the Pinkberry is existed. You'd almost think the guy slapped his mother, not just rented his property out. In the meantime, Councilman Bill Rosendahl is looking to propose a law that could ban chain stores from Venice (but not homeless or gangs because they are not evil like chain stores).
Moving on, the Venice Neighborhood Council may have hatched up an even bigger scheme than the "Sunland-Tujunga Do-It Emergency Supplies Two-Step." A developer has built a building that is four feet taller than it should be. He's applied for an exception from the City. Curbed LA reports that the Neighborhood Council will support his application for a mere contribution of $500,000.
And who said LA wasn't fun?
Labels: bill rosendahl, nimby, pinkberry, venice
Posted by Mayor Sam @ 6/07/2007 12:37:00 AM
9 Comments:
It's Sunland-Tujunga, not Sunland Tujunga.
its a craphole not a town
Opponents of Pinkberry must be racist
What about the 55' massive building being proposed at the end of Abbot Kinney? Signs are posted.
12:59 knows racism when he sees it; he must be a racist himself... it takes one to know one!
I remember when Beverly Hills outlawed franchises and chain stores in the late 70's. Damn, I'm old. Then the recession hit and they let them back in. Plus, some of those key Rodeo drive stores had become chain stores with stores in other cities and countries. They just wanted to keep the riff raff off. I remember the golden triangle recession. No one was renting commercial. Suddenly, persian guys started stores selling plastic hair clippies, cheap tshirts and chackkas. It's all about the money. Recessoin left then they were booted out for pricier boutiques again. Ah, capitalism. Wait til a recession hits. They'll be begging for Pinkberries and 99 cent stores.
Sunland Tujunga = ARM PIT
Venice = DRUGVILLE
WELCOME TO SUNLAND TUJUNGA AND HAVE A METH COCKTAIL!
Say what you will about Sunland-Tujunga, but it was crawling with drug whore chicks. I went to Verdugo Hills in the the late 80's, while most of you were going out with prudes, I was surrounded by nasty freaky tweaker girls.
Long live the S-T!
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