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Squatting As Economic Stimulus
In the last year I have posted about businesses encouraging the presence of artists in Philadelphia and London as a strategy for filling empty store fronts and infusing vitality into neighborhoods. I also wrote about artists taking advantage of obscenely low real estate prices in Detroit to purchase properties and establish a little artist colony [...]
More Economic Alfalfa
Back in March I linked to a story about how Philadelphia was trying to revitalize its South Street district by arranging for artists to temporarily take over empty storefronts.
Artsjournal featured a story from The Guardian today about a similar effort in London which seemed to be designed a little more constructively for artists. My concern [...]
Artists- Economic Alfalfa
According to the recent Congressional debates about the economic stimulus package, the arts apparently make no significant contribution to the improvement of the economy.
I guess that is why Philadelphia’s South Street district has repeatedly owed its revitalization to artists.
According to an Associated Press piece the City of Brotherly Love is looking to have artists [...]