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 
Aging starlets get boob jobs…
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Appalling indeed, no argument. But I really think that this is just stupidity, not concentrated evil. Your mileage may vary.
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I think just the mere proposal to spend millions to replace perfectly good and functioning new sidewalks with newer granite is appalling.
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With all due respect, I do not see that you have made your argument that Beverly Hills has a rotten heart. What if they just haven’t thought of it yet? What if you’re the smart person who came up with the original (and intelligent) idea to install shade and benches? That doesn’t make them rotten, just a little dim.
Now it is possible that I don’t know of other inhumane behavior on the part of Beverly Hills community leaders. So if it has been discussed here on previous pages, my apologies. I’m just going by what I am reading in this specific post.
Again, I am saying this with humility and sincerity. I am not angry or sarcastic, just a person who reads Los Angeles-based blog posts, and who has an appreciation for the craft of writing.
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