To the unfortunate Angelenos who find themselves in the midst of Beverly Hills, specifically in the “tony” shopping area around Rodeo Drive, might be interested to know that the city wants to rip out the concrete sidewalks and replace them with granite. Granite?
A friend of mine works down there. He describes a daily assault of rudeness, horn honkers and double parking. Beverly Hills has long ceased to be a fashionable destination, and its retail stores lack both class and imagination. The recent makeover of the lamposts and streets has only shown how clueless the city fathers are.
Cold, steel, antiseptic lighting and skin cancer inviting palm trees are a disincentive to come walk the sun baked streets of Beverly Hills. Comparing the lack of shoppers here to the crowds who swarm to the young and breezy 3rd Street Promenade or stroller filled Montana Avenue, might it dawn on the dimwits to provide shade, benches, or anything humane to Rodeo?
Once again, aging Beverly Hills looks to the surface for a makeover, but it should look into its rotten, jaded soul first. The entire area is in need of a human, not material upgrade.
Here in Van Nuys 