A look at Beaubien Street East
Brendan Kelly briefly looks at Beaubien Street East with the apparent intent of having it spoiled like Mile End has been.
Wellington Street was named the coolest in the world last year, and now landlords are hiking commercial rents so hard that some businesses are closing or moving.
Ian 12:43 on 2023-08-02 Permalink
It’s funny that everyone is “discovering” Beaubien now, it was the hip and happening neighbourhood years before covid, often touted as “the new gay village” and the “latino district”. Pupusas and nightclubs are a great mix – great daytime and night-time culture.
Mile End is rapidly becoming a Disneyfied hipster zone full of nothing but office workers, tourists, and tattooed yuppies, true, but as we have seen in St Henri and Verdun, it doesn’t take long for the gentrification to come into effect. Enjoy it while you can.
I think this is kind of like the graphic design adage “If Starbucks uses the font it’s played out” – if the Gazette has heard about it, it’s not “cool” anymore.