http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:32:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-23701 Jon Williams Sun, 27 Jan 2008 22:23:40 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-23701 <a href="http://475kent.com/" rel="nofollow">http://475kent.com/</a> seems to be the goto spot. http://475kent.com/ seems to be the goto spot.

]]> http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-23780 C-MONSTER.net. » Blog Archive » The Digest. 01.28.08. Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:11:01 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-23780 [...] the city booting out artists to make way for rich people (via Winkleman). More on Gothamist and AFC. Also: see updates to my original [...] […] the city booting out artists to make way for rich people (via Winkleman). More on Gothamist and AFC. Also: see updates to my original […]

]]> http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-23906 Kelli Williams Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-23906 This happens every year usually around the holidays when the public is less likely to notice. The Buildings Department is corrupt and many have suspected that a payoff is usually involved. Several years after a Christmas eviction at Water Street by my old landlord Josh Guttman ( the guy who burned down another building in Greenpoint) several artists including myself, Eve Sussman, Ellen Harvey and Mery Lynn McCorkle organized a group called Brooklyn Live Work. Despite support from a number of decent politicians and two bills ( one a loft law and the other just basic protection from electrical and water being shut off) that made it pretty far in the state legislature the project died out because not enough artists were getting involved. The final straw for me was the day I was passing out voter registration cards and some trust fund kids from McKibben street were like "are you passing out fliers for a party?" This happens every year usually around the holidays when the public is less likely to notice. The Buildings Department is corrupt and many have suspected that a payoff is usually involved. Several years after a Christmas eviction at Water Street by my old landlord Josh Guttman ( the guy who burned down another building in Greenpoint) several artists including myself, Eve Sussman, Ellen Harvey and Mery Lynn McCorkle organized a group called Brooklyn Live Work. Despite support from a number of decent politicians and two bills ( one a loft law and the other just basic protection from electrical and water being shut off) that made it pretty far in the state legislature the project died out because not enough artists were getting involved. The final straw for me was the day I was passing out voter registration cards and some trust fund kids from McKibben street were like “are you passing out fliers for a party?”

]]> http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-52746 Fame Theory’s Live/Work Event: What You Didn’t Know | Guest of a Guest Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:21:15 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/27/artists-at-475-kent-avenue-forced-to-vacate-homes/#comment-52746 [...] more on artist displacement, start with the recent evacuation of 475 Kent Ave., just a few blocks away from the Fame Game studio. [...] […] more on artist displacement, start with the recent evacuation of 475 Kent Ave., just a few blocks away from the Fame Game studio. […]

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