It’s Not Just Artists but the Subways They Take That Drives Gentrification
Submitted by Steve on January 29, 2012
Matt Chaban at The New York Observer takes another look at how artists affect gentrification of neighborhoods:
Everybody knows the old saw about how artist migrations and subway access help drive gentrification in the city, but we never realized the two were quite so intertwined.
Capital New York has an interesting story about how a major gallery, Luhring Augustine, moving to Bushwick might reshape the neighborhood, as has happened so many times before. There is some doubt this is the case, given the neighborhood’s remoteness from Manhattan. We shall see, maybe sooner than we know.