International Market Place update: upscale mall? :-( - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jun 2, 2010 7:29 PM According to the old guard local Polynesiacs, the International Marketplace already started going downhill when they put the second level on it. Initially it was just what it was envisioned as by Don The Beachcomber: A market place with small vendors huts and stores surrounding his big hut of a restaurant, very quaint. But each generation idealizes THEIR memories of it, it will be difficult to pinpoint WHEN it turned too cheesy to be cool. But that is no reason to not try to evoke some of its original charm in a new, human-scale project.

According to the old guard local Polynesiacs, the International Marketplace already started going downhill when they put the second level on it. Initially it was just what it was envisioned as by Don The Beachcomber: A market place with small vendors huts and stores surrounding his big hut of a restaurant, very quaint. But each generation idealizes THEIR memories of it, it will be difficult to pinpoint WHEN it turned too cheesy to be cool. But that is no reason to not try to evoke some of its original charm in a new, human-scale project.

Post #533768 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jun 2, 2010 7:29 PM