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The gravel lot next to Saxon Pub where bands loaded in and fans tailgated for free is now The Backbeat at Lamar promising honky-tonk vibes in $2,795 studios; the renderings show models two-stepping on balconies while the actual venue braces for noise complaints from its new upstairs neighbors.
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Survey stakes appeared overnight in the side yard where Mr. Alvarez kept his fig tree and his '82 El Camino; the new "Canopy Residences" billboard promises 22 boutique units starting at $2,795 with smart-home fruit bowls that will never match the real ones that used to drop on the sidewalk for free every August.
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The concrete slab where we once parked a '92 Civic with a trunk full of Shiner bottles and argued about whose turn it was to buy breakfast tacos is now occupied by a desk, an iPad stand, and a 26-year-old in performance fleece asking if I want the 'flex unit' with the Peloton hookups; the whole complex starts at $2,475 for 620 square feet of what used to be four actual lives.
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The realtor called the 1935 yellow bungalow at 902 Monroe a "teardown opportunity" while the hummingbird feeder still spun above her head; three blocks away another 1940s house just became "The Monroe Collective" with units starting at $2,950 and a rooftop fire pit no one will use.
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