THE FRANCHISES ARE COMING, THE FRANCHISES ARE COMING

Dinner with Rebecca O’Dell and Lloyd Scott (of Scott+Cooner fame) last night was as enjoyable as it was disturbing. Enjoyable: the THE GREEN ROOM. Always. And of course the company. (Rebecca and Lloyd are hilarious.) Disturbing: Crow Holdings’ refusal to articulate its vision for the Design District, which pretty much has all of the tenants beside themselves. A Gap is rumored. A Restoration Hardware is rumored. Condos are already going up. The trade only showrooms and antique shops which have been shuffling between the Design Center, Decorative Center, Slocum Street and Dragon Street for years, may well be in for the shuffle of their lives. We’ll monitor.