What works in Work/Live?
The Office
We think Portland needs more work/live spaces where artists can devote time to living and working. The benefits are many--colalboration, cost savings, flexibility--but there are a lot of unknowns. For instance, what space is appropriate, and at what price? If affordability is key, can you sacrifice square feet? A dishwasher?
We're hoping you can take 5 minutes and let us know. Take this brief survey or leave your comments below.
Posted by The Office on May 30, 2006
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I've noticed that the Alberta street area has made a positive change in direction due to the creative community and it's supporters. It seems that this area could be further developed to model communities like the Brewery in L.A., possibly artists appartments or bungalos with a shared workshop or recording facility.
there is so much talent and creative spirit in Portland that it seems it would benefit the community and the economy to organize it.
Posted by: Sam Arneson | Jun 5, 2006 1:14:20 PM
Live/Work is a slippery slope. I previously lived in NYC and SF before moving to Portland. I am a native born Oregonian. And I am a fine artist. Live/Work zoning in NYC forced most artists out of their SOHO, Chelsea, and East Village spaces and will soon do the same in Brooklyn and Harlem. In San Francisco Live/Work zoning litteraly changed the face of the SOMA and 3rd street corridor and I have yet to know an artist who lives in a Live/Work unless they were wealthy and an artist second. It seems to me as though the Live/Work is used as a loophole by developers and the wealthy to return to the urban corridor with the results being gentrefication and a removal of the diverse community and the artists who were living there in the first place. If any city could pull off a Live/Work zoning that benifited artists, the community, as well as commerece. I have faith that it could be Portland. However I do become nervous when I hear the phrase Live/Work thrown around without a clear vision or clarification.
Posted by: Felipe | Jun 6, 2006 6:08:35 AM
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Well I'm not an artist so I didn't take the survey, but just looking at it i have a few thoughts.
1. All the optional amenities are nice, but the more desirable it is, the harder it will be to make it affordable.
2. I'm always nervous about subsidies. I hope that's not what we're talking here.
3. I'm not an artist, but I would be interested in owning a live/work space, where I could have an office, maybe in a rowhouse situation.
Posted by: Isaac | May 31, 2006 2:37:25 AM