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Article: Tacky, tawdry and touristy. (Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, CA)
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- WWD
- Article date:
- January 25, 1996
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LOS ANGELES - Once designer shops, art galleries and celebrities filled the street. Now thrift shops, hamburger joints, jeans racks and hordes of teenagers in baggy pants have taken over Melrose Avenue.
"It's turned into a kids' market for T-shirts and ear piercing and body piercing," said Carmen Korey, a retail broker with realtor Cushman & Wakefield. "Melrose used to be real trendy, but not today. It doesn't have the hip upscale customer anymore."
Although it doesn't approach Venice Beach for downright funkiness, Melrose rarely attracts better stores these days. Instead, it's become a magnet for such shops as Atomic Garage, which has a wall of T-shirts ...