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Artists have taste, a need for space at a low price, a tolerance for breaking the law (in particular zoning, building inspections, workplace health), some measu
by creer 2y ago
Artists have taste, a need for space at a low price, a tolerance for breaking the law (in particular zoning, building inspections, workplace health), some measure of community (to form groups, help each other, take on larger rehab projects).
That makes them perfect scouts for neighborhoods and buildings that are ripe for redeveloping. They don't lead to it, but they hold the door wide open.
Elsewhere the original article looks for "museums or performing arts venues", and it's ridiculous to equate that with "artists". These places need patrons and customers, not makers.
- rufus_foreman 2y ago>> a tolerance for breaking the law I think in most of the neighborhoods that I have seen and lived through being art-gentrified the existing residents had a far higher tolerance for breaking the law than the artists.
- creer 2y agoFunny. And yet many will try and find someone to sue their landlord because their buildings are sub-standard, while the artist communities will seek buildings that could not even be permitted for human habitation, and build up from there.
- rectang 2y agoThe Ghost Ship owners got sued eventually. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire
- creer 2y agoOnly after it burned to the ground. And everybody in sight got sued, even the power company. So that I have heard "since that building in Oakland..." but that's just because it's a recent case. The pattern of which administration said what and who got sued is more indicative that things will be just business as usual in a few years. To be fair also, "that building" was compounding many of the possible options for killing people by fire: terrible wiring, floorplan, floorplan construction materials, decor materials, and escape routes ... in which it was running a music event (dark, crowded, people unfamiliar with the venue and to the venue)... upstairs.
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