change. the hill has become the new weekend stomping ground of breeders from the tech companies and the locals are displeased. john criscitello, street artist that is waging a one-man war against the rent hikes that are pushing people like him out of the neighborhood. anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. anthony: and, so what s happening now? john: old, big tech corporations that have moved into the city people need some place to live so a lot of development companies bought up every corner. if they keep this sort of façade, they can build taller. so this was just this, and then they plunk this down in the center of it. anthony: ah, so they re keeping the character of the neighborhood sort of, kind of. john: they call it façadomy. i ve heard it termed, façadomy. the problem, of course, is that rents double. so w
the hill has become the new weekend stomping ground of breeders from the tech companies and the locals are displeased. john criscitello, street artist that is waging a one-man war against the rent hikes that are pushing people like him out of the neighborhood. anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. anthony: and, so what s happening now? john: old, big tech corporations that have moved into the city people need some place to live so a lot of development companies bought up every corner. if they keep this sort of façade, they can build taller. so this was just this, and then they plunk this down in the center of it. anthony: ah, so they re keeping the character of the neighborhood sort of, kind of. john: they call it façadomy. i ve heard it termed, façadomy. the problem, of course, is that rents double. so what you
keeping the character of the neighborhood sort of, kind of. john: they call it façadomy. i ve heard it termed, façadomy. the problem, of course, is that rents double. so what you used to be able to get a studio apartment for $700, now all of a sudden the entry point is $1500. which is considerable for artists anybody. you know, that s the sort of lament now is, where are you going to go? where are you going to go? where are you going to go? anthony: right. so, all these outsiders are coming in, renting expensive apartments. what kind of businesses are opening to accommodate these new arrivals? john: well, in this neighborhood, that construction over on that side is a whole foods. anthony: oh no, that s a sign of the apocalypse. john: that is the end. anthony: that s the official indicator that the neighborhood is . john: that s it right there. [ restaurant clatter ] john cook: because of the boom and everything that s been happening, you do have that kind of ha
anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. anthony: and, so what s happening now? john: old, big tech corporations that have moved into the city people need some place to live so a lot of development companies bought up every corner. if they keep this sort of façade, they can build taller. so this was just this, and then they plunk this down in the center of it. anthony: ah, so they re keeping the character of the neighborhood sort of, kind of. john: they call it façadomy. i ve heard it termed, façadomy. the problem, of course, is that rents double. so what you used to be able to get a studio apartment for $700, now all of a sudden the entry point is $1500. which is considerable for artists anybody. you know, that s the sort of lament now is, where are you going to go?
john criscitello, street artist that is waging a one-man war against the rent hikes that are pushing people like him out of the neighborhood. anthony: are we talking about an infestation of tech bros? is this, uh, what, 10 years ago would this be a gay neighborhood? john: it was, sort of, an enclave for artists and for queer people. anthony: and, so what s happening now? john: old, big tech corporations that have moved into the city people need some place to live so a lot of development companies bought up every corner. if they keep this sort of façade, they can build taller. so this was just this, and then they plunk this down in the center of it. anthony: ah, so they re keeping the character of the neighborhood sort of, kind of. john: they call it façadomy. i ve heard it termed façadomy. the problem, of course, is that rents double. so what you used to be able to get a studio apartment for $700, now all of a sudden the entry point is $1500. which is considerable fo