American Apparel invades Thai Town

The arrival of an American Apparel billboard, plus new bars and shops, is being taken as an omen of the hipster apocalypse in Hollywood's Thai Town district. "The sign is a marker of Silver Lake overgrowing, spilling everywhere, and—most noticeably—Thai Town is becoming the newest recruiting zone for young, hip persons to live in its affordable Old Hollywood apartments," says a post at Guest of a Guest. "The safe, walking accessible neighborhood is becoming a new spot and is the young, economically challenged person’s alternative to Franklin Village and Los Feliz Village."