Comments on: The decline of Brunswick Street http://hookturns.com/2009/05/23/decline-of-brunswick-street/ A weblog about Melbourne Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:05:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Me2 http://hookturns.com/2009/05/23/decline-of-brunswick-street/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Me2 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:28:10 +0000 http://hookturns.com/?p=79#comment-342 brunswick st IS dead. too much lame ass late night hiphop from low brow venues such as 1st floor / laundry / bimbos. too many outer suburban thugs bringing in their sh_thouse attitudes. even the nightcat is full of sleezebags these days - they even scan ids! what a joke. too many chain stores - the presence of large supermarkets signals the final transition into latte sipping yuppie day time paradise over zealous council passed fun prohibitive laws - for example - couches can't be placed on the street outside venues no more brunswick st party NO MORE FUN!!!! give it 5 - 10 years and it will be just another chapel st. brunswick st IS dead.

too much lame ass late night hiphop from low brow venues such as 1st floor / laundry / bimbos.

too many outer suburban thugs bringing in their sh_thouse attitudes. even the nightcat is full of sleezebags these days – they even scan ids! what a joke.

too many chain stores – the presence of large supermarkets signals the final transition into latte sipping yuppie day time paradise

over zealous council passed fun prohibitive laws – for example – couches can’t be placed on the street outside venues

no more brunswick st party

NO MORE FUN!!!!

give it 5 – 10 years and it will be just another chapel st.

]]> By: Dean http://hookturns.com/2009/05/23/decline-of-brunswick-street/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Dean Thu, 28 May 2009 20:54:00 +0000 http://hookturns.com/?p=79#comment-271 Compared to the havoc wreaked on high streets in London (where even the cooler streets typically have loads of chain stores & generic US style coffee shops) for example, Brunswick Street has held up well. There's no doubt it used to be a cooler, more low-key strip, but it frustrates me when people talk as though it's almost dead- still one of the world's most diverse neighbourhood streets that's managed to retain many of its loved older businesses & attracted some fantastic newcomers- you need to put it in context. Compared to the havoc wreaked on high streets in London (where even the cooler streets typically have loads of chain stores & generic US style coffee shops) for example, Brunswick Street has held up well. There’s no doubt it used to be a cooler, more low-key strip, but it frustrates me when people talk as though it’s almost dead- still one of the world’s most diverse neighbourhood streets that’s managed to retain many of its loved older businesses & attracted some fantastic newcomers- you need to put it in context.

]]> By: Fitzroyalty http://hookturns.com/2009/05/23/decline-of-brunswick-street/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Fitzroyalty Mon, 25 May 2009 04:30:08 +0000 http://hookturns.com/?p=79#comment-268 There is an op shop - near Newtown Social Club. I think you're generally right, but then it's not that simple. The ultra daggy homewares shop that opened next to Polly failed and closed after just 4 months, and that's a sign the surrounding community is not as bad as you suggest! See http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/05/25/too-much-glamour-is-too-much/ There is an op shop – near Newtown Social Club. I think you’re generally right, but then it’s not that simple. The ultra daggy homewares shop that opened next to Polly failed and closed after just 4 months, and that’s a sign the surrounding community is not as bad as you suggest! See http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2009/05/25/too-much-glamour-is-too-much/

]]> By: jedro http://hookturns.com/2009/05/23/decline-of-brunswick-street/comment-page-1/#comment-266 jedro Sat, 23 May 2009 07:31:11 +0000 http://hookturns.com/?p=79#comment-266 Gentrification is a pretty board term. Do you have any specific examples apart from what you've mentioned? Gentrification is a pretty board term. Do you have any specific examples apart from what you’ve mentioned?

]]> By: Ciavarella http://hookturns.com/2009/05/23/decline-of-brunswick-street/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Ciavarella Sat, 23 May 2009 07:02:26 +0000 http://hookturns.com/?p=79#comment-265 1. gentrification 2. lack of cheap housing / rentals 3. ministry of style 4. going from having half a dozen op shops to zero 5. no brunswick st festival 1. gentrification
2. lack of cheap housing / rentals
3. ministry of style
4. going from having half a dozen op shops to zero
5. no brunswick st festival

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