tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26434163.post2723784705237480717..comments2023-10-24T07:27:42.118-07:00Comments on Free Racine: Importing DemocratsDenis Navratilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973310336665077770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26434163.post-32029542099143550582007-04-20T22:34:00.000-07:002007-04-20T22:34:00.000-07:00artists can bring a neighborhood back from the bri...artists can bring a neighborhood back from the brink, but it usually happens organically, without help from city hall. artists are attracted to cheap housing with studio space, with close proximity to art buyers. Examples - Wicker Park in Chicago and Riverwest in Milwaukee. But these neighborhoods became artist "colonies" (one of the stupider names for such a neighborhood) spontaneously, not because some politician gave tax incentives, etc. And they eventually gentrified, and priced those very artists out of the neighborhoods they helped to save.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26434163.post-61857578722623141372007-04-20T06:44:00.000-07:002007-04-20T06:44:00.000-07:00interesting and funny spin on this. i think you m...interesting and funny spin on this. i think you may have a point. anon1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com