Monday, December 04, 2017

"It Makes It Difficult for Those Countercultures to Persist"

"'I moved to Venice in 1968. I was forced to leave my studio of 28 years because the rent was raised to $42,000 a month.
"'Things really started to go sour when Google moved in, so it's now Silicon Beach. The landlords just turned around and raised the rent, to the point where now the artists can't afford to live here.'"

In a 2014 PBS Newshour story, Steve Goldbloom discusses gentrification in Venice Beach.

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