The industries that have sustained Los Angeles have often been conspicuous: oil derricks, phalanxes of tourists, sprawling aerospace facilities, the port’s towering gantry cranes, and the garrisoned studios of the Dream Factory. But the businesses that compose what’s called Silicon Beach tend to be hidden, untethered from physical space. All you see of them are the buildings that house the staff and the Teslas that signal their bosses’ wealth as their algorithms and innovations dictate our daily cyber-cadences and transform the neighborhoods they populate in Silicon Beach. The prosperity of L.A.’s tech sector can be felt up and down the coast, from Santa Monica to El Segundo. Since setting up shop in an old Craftsman on the Venice Boardwalk, Snapchat—or Snap Inc., as the company…View Original Post
The industries that have sustained Los Angeles have often been conspicuous: oil derricks, phalanxes of tourists, sprawling aerospace facilities, the port’s towering gantry cranes, and the garrisoned studios of the Dream Factory. But the businesses that compose what’s called Silicon Beach tend to be hidden, untethered from physical space. All you see of them are the buildings that house the staff and the Teslas that signal their bosses’ wealth as their algorithms and innovations dictate our daily cyber-cadences and transform the neighborhoods they populate in Silicon Beach. The prosperity of L.A.’s tech sector can be felt up and down the coast, from Santa Monica to El Segundo. Since setting up shop in an old Craftsman on the Venice Boardwalk, Snapchat—or Snap Inc., as the company…View Original Post