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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 [...]
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 [...]