Dead wrong. Pat Fasano brought back the downtown; and it is because he built condos above the stores, not art galleries.
Check with Stuart K to see if art "started" Jersey City's comeback. I seriously doubt it; construction of office buildings and condos did the trick. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/3/05 6:06 PM, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm not prepared to concede your premise, so I can't answer until you > > show me your proof that "virtually every town/city in America used the > > arts to be the first step in revitilization." > > How many towns / cities would you like me to list? Or how about just a few > New Jersey / NYC ones? Take a look at the revitalization of Brooklyn, > Jersey City and Lambertville. Or closer to home with Red Bank or even > closer - Asbury Park. Tell me that the downtown areas in these towns were > not largely revitalized due to the arts. > > I'd bet a wager that more people started coming to Asbury Park once the art > galleries sprung up, wouldn't you? > > > > By the way, didn't you just a couple of posts ago assert your complete > > contempt for Americans because they don't value art? Yet here you are > > now crediting virtually every revitialized town with respecting the > > arts. > > No, I think most people in charge are idiots because they watch the artists > make areas worth living in and then start forcing them out. And that has > happened in many of the towns listed above. For example, warehouses in > Jersey City that nobody used or wanted for decades became places where > artists lived and worked. Those same places (now fixed up and worth a lot > of money) have largely kicked the artists out. > > > > Pick a side. Are we good or bad? You with America or against her? > I'll quote a local artist on this one from a song I know you'd detest. > > "They say love her or leave her, > Well why can't I do both?" > -Rick Barry ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
