The movie High-Rise is about a luxury apartment building that descends into chaos. The film opens with shots of the trashed apartment building and a pool strewn with bodies.
A man then kills and eats a dog.
Although they aren’t eating dogs at iLume Park yet, my apartment building has experienced a rapid and sad decline.
I was so impressed with the building when I first moved in last year – we had a free happy hour every day of the week and continental breakfast in the mornings. There were dog walkers, maids, and tons of events for the residents.
They also did fecal testing / DNA profiles on the dogs, so they could fine anyone who failed to pick up after their dogs.
The building was like a boutique hotel filled with gay professionals and recent arrivals from out-of-state. It was fabulous.
Happy Hour at iLume Park in Oak Lawn, Dallas.
The decline
But the leasing agents had trouble filling the building. They then relaxed their leasing standards, slashed deposit requirements, and started offering 2-month rent discounts to new tenants.
A waive of ratchet residents moved in. There were drug dens, dime bags in the stairwell, break-ins, fights, and gun threats. Many of the original residents fled.
