17 Oct ‘THE REAL LAS VEGAS’: CHECKING OUT SIN CITY’S HIP, DOWNTOWN ARTS DISTRICT
Lunchtime is busy at The Perch, where locals ordering healthy dishes occupy each table. The big playground outside is full of families with small children; towering over them are 40 oddly stacked shipping containers that contain hip boutiques, cool bars, and trendy start-ups.
My photographer/partner-in-crime Christian and I are eating outside on a big rooftop terrace. The sun is blazing and, had I not known better, I would’ve guessed we were in a hip enclave of Los Angeles or New York.
But this is downtown Las Vegas. Specifically, it’s Downtown Container Park, which was originally planned as a place where employees of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos could live and work. But the owner, entrepreneur and venture capitalist Tony Hsieh, has allowed the project to grow into a major re-development and revitalization project. Read the full article