JUST shy of five years ago, I went to visit a sharp new bookstore in downtown Los Angeles. It arrived at a time when downtown, and particularly the Old Bank district, seemed to be sparking: Pete's had opened recently, and a video store and (if memory serves) good new Vietnamese place were a few steps away.The sudden appearance of Metropolis Books startled so many locals that some thought it was a … [Read more...]
Scott Timberg on Creative Destruction
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