Design and Architecture
Designing dispensaries, the southland's growing pains
How does the booming marijuana industry shed its illicit image and attract new customers? By turning to high-end product design and sleek new dispensaries. And Santa Monica residents will vote next week on Measure LV. Will it slow growth or create new problems? The initiative is being closely watched as a bellwether for development in the Southland.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: TruMed Dispensary in Phoenix, Arizona. (Megan Stone/The High Road Design Studio)
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2 storiesDesigning dispensaries
If Proposition 64 passes in California, legalizing recreational marijuana, where will you buy your pot? How about high-end dispensaries that are part of the "green rush" of pot-themed businesses? DnA looks at how the cannabis industry is using product and interior design to draw new customers and change its image.
Read the story11 minThe southland's growing pains
Angelenos are in the midst of an epic battle over what kind of city they want to live in, suburban or urban. They are also battling over which of these two cities can keep the region's housing affordable as the middle class is hollowed out.
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