The Cycle Of Artist Driven Gentrification

"From Soho to the Lower East Side to Williamsburg, the story has been more or less the same -- artists move in, eventually helping to cause the neighborhood to go through sweeping changes, which results in hardship for local families and businesses -- as well as for the artists themselves."

Several recent explorations are trying to decide whether artists moving into a neighborhood should be seen as a threat or an opportunity for a community, including "Art In The Contested City," which intended to "open a dialogue around the intersections between art, culture and urban development."