First the Artists, Then the Strollers, Now the Lawyers?
October 12th, 2006
You may have seen yesterday’s Curbed entry Dumbo Artists Threatened by Babies Lawyers. The Metro NY article referenced by Curbed wrote about how before Dumbo buildings started to become condo-fied, it was/is an artists’ community of lofts and studios. Then the families and strollers started moving in the area. Now “lawyers, accountants and IT professionals” have moved in. Four years ago, there were two law firms in Dumbo. Now there are eight.
I hope this weekend’s Art Under the Bridge festival in Dumbo won’t be an artifact in two years as one artist commenter said:
“It’s too bad that there’s no future for us here. Sure makes the neighborhood homogenous when it’s all people from one income bracket. Oh well. I’d give the “open studios” another 2 years or so. Just so you know-most working artists don’t hate rich people or yuppies, we just want to pay normal rents, instead of corporate rents”
{Dumbo Artists Threatened by Babies Lawyers, Curbed.com}
{First strollers, now lawyers in Dumbo, Metro NY}
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- Reminder: JCondo Artist Submission Due 2/16
- Output Art Show at ReBar Tonight
- Calling All Dumbo Artists
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- Artist Dolphy Hazel on Dumbo Yesterday vs Today
- Dumbo Artists and Business Owners: Be Featured on TV
- Survivor: An Artists’ Opportunity Workshop, June 1 -3, 2007
- C215 Blankets Dumbo
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