Dreamtroit, a Low-Cost Bohemia for Artists, Revs Up in Motor City
The former Lincoln Motor factory is in the vanguard of new development poised to transform moribund automotive facilities into affordable housing and art studios.
@MariaAragon64 I'm often wary of such projects.
It's very easy to go from regeneration to gentrification. I hope they don't fall into that trap because it sounds like a brilliant idea.
Many of the old wool/cotton mills in the UK got turned into waterside luxury apartments. A shame but better than just knocking them down, I suppose.
@stueytheround
It's usually what happens. Wherever the artists go to find affordable housing, the developers follow and then price the artists out and the cycle repeats. There's a whole show called Bargain Block in which these two guys buy up run down houses in Detroit and make them livable again. They try to keep them affordable for Detroiters.