RSS FeedAtlanta, LA, Denver: Downtowns Compared
Of interest to those of us who look to shape DC’s downtown as having its own neighborhood identity, SmartMoney magazine put out the article shown below. Atlanta, Los Angeles and Denver are also experiencing changes to their “urban frontiers.” You might say we have good company in redefining what it means to live downtown. Here’s the tease.
The youngsters who dominate downtown have some new neighbors: affluent empty-nesters 30 years their senior. How the baby boom generation is changing and adjusting to the urban frontier. by Ken Bensinger
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Denver definitely exemplifies that trend – I lived there between 1992-2002. At the beginning of that time period, many neighborhoods were tattoo parlors, dive bars and “how do you live there without a bulletproof vest?” By the time I left – luxury condos in these neighborhoods – inhabited by the very same empty nesters who’d inquired about the bulletproof vests. (what’s cool is that some of the dive bars and tattoo parlors are still there)