tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post5303970368451330848..comments2024-03-18T19:27:54.524-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Here are some Howl! Festival highlightsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73337132263740831282012-05-24T14:50:59.059-04:002012-05-24T14:50:59.059-04:00It's true if you talk to the artist's at A...It's true if you talk to the artist's at Art Around the Park, many of them don't live here anymore. Some will tell you candidly how they moved-out because they couldn't afford an apartment and certainly couldn't afford studio space. Same story, the building they lived-in was sold and the landlord jacked-up the rent, or in some cases the building was torn down to make room for condos, or dormitory style housing, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-50897645745046525632012-05-24T11:36:18.223-04:002012-05-24T11:36:18.223-04:00"countercultural panache that’s the hallmark ..."countercultural panache that’s the hallmark of the East Village"<br /><br /><br />lets reword this<br /><br />countercultural panache that was the hallmark of the East villageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-21056379431863807062012-05-24T10:23:31.630-04:002012-05-24T10:23:31.630-04:00so excited for this.so excited for this.glammanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-75844646326844480942012-05-24T09:47:26.643-04:002012-05-24T09:47:26.643-04:00One of the most despicable, racist, classist thing...One of the most despicable, racist, classist things that these Realtors can do is to buy people out of their apartments and send them off, out of Manhattan. They destabilize affordable units and one by one change the demographic. It is racist and classist for Realtors to say that $200.000 is more money than these people will ever see in their life time. That they should just move along, move to Staten Island or somewhere else and give us the apartment, give us the land. It's like what happened to the Indians. <br /><br />Also, artists have been driven out of the neighborhood due to a lack of affordable housing. For most artists, it's not about the money, because most artists don't make much money. Maybe if you're in the art world and an investment banker buys your painting for a million dollars, or if you are on a major record label, then you could live here. Theater actors, musicians on independent labels, performance artists, cartoonists, poets and others aren't getting rich. There are plenty of venues and festivals throughout the world for artists to showcase, but what artists really need is affordable housing, studio and rehearsal space. Many of the people who fund arts organizations are also the ones who have driven the artists out, so go figure?Cookiepusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04788301796178375047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-10674803087057409992012-05-24T08:53:36.223-04:002012-05-24T08:53:36.223-04:00that's good, now if they can just get rid of T...that's good, now if they can just get rid of Tower Brokerage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com