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mdehnersJust a little over 12 years ago the Metreon movie and shopping complex opened in downtown San Francisco. It was supposed to be the biggest and best high tech upscale shopping complex for the dot com generation of the Bay Area.
Yesterday my partner and I went to see a movie amid the mostly-empty storefronts. One of the largest empty spaces has been converted into an indoor farmers market. It was surreal to see this places that had until two years ago been selling high tech toys now selling cabbages and corn. It was a very dystopian view, as if we had suddenly walked into Mad Max barter town. Here amid the marble floors and granite top counters small entrepreneurs were selling home made pastries, soul food, lotions, jewelry and other products, while a musician strummed on his guitar asking for tips on a set of stairs leading to another store that had been closed off.
Yesterday my partner and I went to see a movie amid the mostly-empty storefronts. One of the largest empty spaces has been converted into an indoor farmers market. It was surreal to see this places that had until two years ago been selling high tech toys now selling cabbages and corn. It was a very dystopian view, as if we had suddenly walked into Mad Max barter town. Here amid the marble floors and granite top counters small entrepreneurs were selling home made pastries, soul food, lotions, jewelry and other products, while a musician strummed on his guitar asking for tips on a set of stairs leading to another store that had been closed off.
