Sunday, May 8, 2011

Art Before Commerce...Especially If You're Short on Commerce


An example of art before commerce on 24th Street in San Francisco.

San Francisco has a program called Art in Storefronts that seems tailor made for Flint, although the concept might get a little depressing if you think about it too hard. As the name implies, artists create fake storefronts in empty buildings. Presto, instead of an example of economic decline, you've got an art exhibit. Flint's got plenty of talented artists. And it's got plenty of, well, you know.




2 comments:

  1. Flint actually did exactly that in the 1980s.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/92726077@N00/322816646

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  2. Tom, I forgot all about this. Flint was way out in front of SF.

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Thanks for commenting. I moderate comments, so it may take a while for your comment to appear. You might enjoy my book about Flint called "Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City," a Michigan Notable Book for 2014 and a finalist for the 33rd Annual Northern California Book Award for Creative NonFiction. Filmmaker Michael Moore described Teardown as "a brilliant chronicle of the Mad Maxization of a once-great American city." More information about Teardown is available at www.teardownbook.com.