7:09pm on November 20, 2024 from Vancouver, Canada.
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source: {'title': 'Why Kissas Intrigue (Places for People)', 'creator': 'Craig Mod', 'published': datetime.date(2024, 11, 9), 'publication': 'Ridgeline', 'url': 'https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/197/', 'text': 'Shōwa-era kissas all kind of look the “same,” and so you could argue they are as “pre-fabricated” as contemporary cafés, indie or otherwise.\nBut the big difference is that the catalog of options forty years ago was far more “humane” — natural materials, very little “plastics” (though plastic is present in their Linoleum flooring and Formica tables), lots of dark wood and fabrics, tile, tin, plaster, warm lighting, weird lampshades, low-fidelity radio, “clutter,” the sense of life being lived and a space being used.\nContrast with so many third-wave cafés — all glass and concrete, blonde wood, chairs designed to encourage a person to leave after twenty-minutes, not sit back with a newspaper for an hour.\n\nAlso, it’s worth mentioning acoustics — mid-century interiors are far preferred places to chat.\nThanks to the copious fabrics, angles, and clutter, there’s little to no echo.\nLion, in Shibuya, is a superior place to listen to classical music because of the room’s softness.\nWhereas your average Blue Bottle is basically a racquetball court that sells coffee.', 'wordcount': 173, 'html': 'Shōwa-era kissas all kind of look the “same,” and so you could argue they are as “pre-fabricated” as contemporary cafés, indie or otherwise.\nBut the big difference is that the catalog of options forty years ago was far more “humane” — natural materials, very little “plastics” (though plastic is present in their Linoleum flooring and Formica tables), lots of dark wood and fabrics, tile, tin, plaster, warm lighting, weird lampshades, low-fidelity radio, “clutter,” the sense of life being lived and a space being used.\nContrast with so many third-wave cafés — all glass and concrete, blonde wood, chairs designed to encourage a person to leave after twenty-minutes, not sit back with a newspaper for an hour.
\nAlso, it’s worth mentioning acoustics — mid-century interiors are far preferred places to chat.\nThanks to the copious fabrics, angles, and clutter, there’s little to no echo.\nLion, in Shibuya, is a superior place to listen to classical music because of the room’s softness.\nWhereas your average Blue Bottle is basically a racquetball court that sells coffee.
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