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ARTISTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE: A CASE STUDY OF THE LOWERTOWN ARTS DISTRICT AND THE KERNVILLE ARTS DISTRICT

Tartoni, Christopher W

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2007, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
In this thesis, I employ a variety of methods to examine the changes in two neighborhoods, The Lowertown Neighborhood in Paducah, Kentucky and The Kernville Neighborhood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where each have recently launched programs designed to attract artists to renovate the housing stock. This thesis asks how these two arts districts were formed and what their morphology is, or how the physical form and the function of spaces that have been transformed. This thesis also examines the extent of gentrification that has occurred in Lowertown since the inception of the Artist Relocation Program in August of 2000. Throughout this thesis, comparisons are made to the SoHo (South Houston) Arts District in New York City, a thoroughly studied neighborhood that has experienced arts-driven revitalization and gentrification.
Nancy Bain (Advisor)
102 p.

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  • Tartoni, C. W. (2007). ARTISTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE: A CASE STUDY OF THE LOWERTOWN ARTS DISTRICT AND THE KERNVILLE ARTS DISTRICT [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1179941119

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Tartoni, Christopher. ARTISTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE: A CASE STUDY OF THE LOWERTOWN ARTS DISTRICT AND THE KERNVILLE ARTS DISTRICT. 2007. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1179941119.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Tartoni, Christopher. "ARTISTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE: A CASE STUDY OF THE LOWERTOWN ARTS DISTRICT AND THE KERNVILLE ARTS DISTRICT." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1179941119

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)