Wednesday evening HABEAS LOUNGE delighted in hearing Caryn Hofberg's adventures moving downtown from the Westside, as part of our Downtown Perspective Group encounters on Wednesday evenings. Caryn, a Los Angeles native, is a relative newcomer to downtown but in a short time she's creating waves. Eleven months ago she was delivering lamps to a client at the Eastern Columbia Building, as part of her work as an interior designer, the first time visiting downtown in years. She was hooked. Two months later she was living downtown. A few months after that she thought "Im going to open up a store"! (drawing on her past worked with preowned and vintage and flea markets). Four months later FLEA opened its doors on 6th Street. A few people opened up spaces shortly after. "It's so great down there - its really a small dense area of people coming together. You see familiar people, its really friendly" says Caryn. Next she was envisioning "this whole street being something amazing - this could be a whole destination - and thought - ok - I'll organize it. I went out and started talking to people, and discovered other people who were interested in the same thing". And so were the beginnings of 6th Street Business Association. HABEAS LOUNGE applauds Caryn and the Association for fostering a pluralistic down town Los Angeles.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Caryn Hofberg's story of Discovering Downtown
Wednesday evening HABEAS LOUNGE delighted in hearing Caryn Hofberg's adventures moving downtown from the Westside, as part of our Downtown Perspective Group encounters on Wednesday evenings. Caryn, a Los Angeles native, is a relative newcomer to downtown but in a short time she's creating waves. Eleven months ago she was delivering lamps to a client at the Eastern Columbia Building, as part of her work as an interior designer, the first time visiting downtown in years. She was hooked. Two months later she was living downtown. A few months after that she thought "Im going to open up a store"! (drawing on her past worked with preowned and vintage and flea markets). Four months later FLEA opened its doors on 6th Street. A few people opened up spaces shortly after. "It's so great down there - its really a small dense area of people coming together. You see familiar people, its really friendly" says Caryn. Next she was envisioning "this whole street being something amazing - this could be a whole destination - and thought - ok - I'll organize it. I went out and started talking to people, and discovered other people who were interested in the same thing". And so were the beginnings of 6th Street Business Association. HABEAS LOUNGE applauds Caryn and the Association for fostering a pluralistic down town Los Angeles.
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