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来源

CITY & COMMUNITY,Vol.18,Issue1,P.173-194

语言

英文

关键字

PLACE; POWER; SOHO

作者单位

[Bain, Alison L.; March, Loren] York Univ, Toronto, ON, Canada. Bain, AL (reprint author), York Univ, Dept Geog, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada. E-Mail: abain@yorku.ca

摘要

This article offers a multiscalar, sociohistoric account of the spatial struggles of Toronto artists from 1970 until the present to secure affordable living and work space downtown that foregrounds the contemporary role of the cultural philanthropist-developer. It argues that the cultural capital of artists to identify and embody authenticity facilitated temporary spatial claims that supported the development of a local art scene on Queen Street West, but one that became dependent upon, yet vulnerable to, the sociospatial unevenness of cultural philanthropy. Benevolence in arts and culture is not distributed evenly across time and space. Instead, as the case study of the 401 Richmond arts hub reveals, benevolence in its alliances with the real estate market and property development is concentrated in individualized commitments to particular neighborhoods, buildings, and local relationships, which temporally and operationally constrains its policy-transforming potential.