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Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial CityLawrenceville’s Artistic Enclave

Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City: Lawrenceville’s Artistic Enclave [In this chapter, I draw on field and survey data, and secondary sources to demonstrate that the artistic enclave that emerged in Lawrenceville exemplifies and illustrates an artistic creative class enclave. I start by providing a brief overview and discussion of the neighborhood’s geographical characteristics, local historical context, and emergence as a community constituted by arts based gentrification. I then demonstrate that its artistic enclave has been centered on the activities of artists and, especially, artist/entrepreneurs who have morphed bohemian and bourgeois practices and values, and have welcomed, marketed to, and collaborated with members of a larger creative class. Such collaboration has enabled this enclave to achieve long-term sustainability by securing live/work and commercial space, integrating art and commerce, maintaining alternative venues, acquiring community owned artist housing, and securing a stable artistic scene. I proceed to discuss the views of local artists and other community residents pertaining to the question of whether or not Lawrenceville’s artistic enclave is bohemian, offer my own comments on this matter, and summarize my reasons for designating this enclave as an artistic creative class enclave.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial CityLawrenceville’s Artistic Enclave

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-55262-0
Pages
57 –80
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-55264-4_6
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[In this chapter, I draw on field and survey data, and secondary sources to demonstrate that the artistic enclave that emerged in Lawrenceville exemplifies and illustrates an artistic creative class enclave. I start by providing a brief overview and discussion of the neighborhood’s geographical characteristics, local historical context, and emergence as a community constituted by arts based gentrification. I then demonstrate that its artistic enclave has been centered on the activities of artists and, especially, artist/entrepreneurs who have morphed bohemian and bourgeois practices and values, and have welcomed, marketed to, and collaborated with members of a larger creative class. Such collaboration has enabled this enclave to achieve long-term sustainability by securing live/work and commercial space, integrating art and commerce, maintaining alternative venues, acquiring community owned artist housing, and securing a stable artistic scene. I proceed to discuss the views of local artists and other community residents pertaining to the question of whether or not Lawrenceville’s artistic enclave is bohemian, offer my own comments on this matter, and summarize my reasons for designating this enclave as an artistic creative class enclave.]

Published: Mar 22, 2017

Keywords: Geography; Neighborhood change; Gentrification; Creative class; Bohemian; Artistic enclaves; Art galleries; Boutiques; Artsy; Urban sustainability

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