When neighborhoods become museums of themselves, when the retail changes but the look stays precisely the same
Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat
Shoreditch High Street – Retail Extinction and Aesthetic Preservation
Shoreditch High Street looks essentially unchanged from fifteen years ago. Brick, old signs, seeming authenticity. But every single shop has changed. Replaced with chains and brands and luxury goods. See Harper-Thames’ documentation of how aesthetics persist while substance vanishes.
The neighborhood’s appearance is preserved while its function is completely altered. It’s a theme park version of itself.
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