A vintage store next to a matcha cafe next to a romance bookstore across the street from a brewery next to a pilates studio. Crisp white walls decorated in murals you’d expect to find in Wynwood. A shiny skyline in the distance.
For the trend-seeking 20-something-year-olds of Fort Lauderdale, Thrive Art District, a commerce and arts hub near downtown, may be their new oasis.
“We say in private a lot, ‘We need to make Fort Lauderdale cool again,’” said Taymir Terrell, 28, who founded Alma Matcha with friend Jessica Binder, 29, and opened their Thrive location last October. Despite rainy March weather outside, the inside of their matcha cafe was buzzing with dozens of customers happily sipping on light green lattes…