I'm not sure I can define "nightclubby" precisely, but you are right to ask me to try. I am not really talking about bars, even bars with live music in them. Johnny D's has live music, and they are not part of this problem. The Somerville Theater has live music and alcohol both, but I find them a most welcome addition to the square. But there's something about the Bermuda Triangle of the Diva Lounge, Joshua Tree, and the late-night Burren that has made that section of Elm Street very unpleasant to me in a way that I haven't felt since the Aquarium had big bouncers standing outside on weekend nights.
When I talk about a "nightclubby" feeling, I'm not talking about a college bar feel you might get in parts of Harvard Square or Allston, or a yuppie bar feel you might get in the rest of Harvard Square or Central Square. I love that shit! But I mean the super-sketchy, overdressed, velvet-ropes-and-bouncers feel you get on Landsdowne Street or Stuart Street in Boston. Obviously it's not as pronounced as it is in those places. But it's a recent change in the square and I don't like it. I mean, I don't like the super upscale eatery phenomenon very much either, but at least that doesn't affect me while I'm walking down the street. And you know, I have to wonder how much it affects foot traffic on weekend nights to places like Macintyre & Moore or the Boloco location.
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Date: 2008-02-10 08:51 pm (UTC)When I talk about a "nightclubby" feeling, I'm not talking about a college bar feel you might get in parts of Harvard Square or Allston, or a yuppie bar feel you might get in the rest of Harvard Square or Central Square. I love that shit! But I mean the super-sketchy, overdressed, velvet-ropes-and-bouncers feel you get on Landsdowne Street or Stuart Street in Boston. Obviously it's not as pronounced as it is in those places. But it's a recent change in the square and I don't like it. I mean, I don't like the super upscale eatery phenomenon very much either, but at least that doesn't affect me while I'm walking down the street. And you know, I have to wonder how much it affects foot traffic on weekend nights to places like Macintyre & Moore or the Boloco location.
Does that make any sense?