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WilliamsburgBrooklyn’s First Major Music Scene
Past Music Neighborhoods
Factors that Give Rise to Music Scenes
Low Rent/Underdeveloped neighborhoods
Easy Transportation/Organic Dense neighborhood
Multicultural/multi-racial environment
Gatekeepers/Tastemakers: Music Institutions/venues/clubs/other social scenes/other artists
Balance of local community and mainstream
The NeighborhoodRent in the 80s and 90s
Converted housing/restoring old buildings
Subway trains: L, J,M,Z,G/ Williamsburg Bridge
Forming artist communities in living and social spaces
Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, African/Caribbean Americans, Italians, Polish, Jews
Gatekeepers/Tastemakers
Gentrification
Mid-90s – Today
City Rezoning- higher stories
Mostly North/West Williamsburg
Middle to upper class residents
Rent prices have skyrocketed
Condos/high-rises/cafes
Diminished ethnic environment
Government/Organizations Policy-making
Department of Cultural Affairs/Brooklyn Arts Council
Music Under New York program
Open Space Alliance’s Waterfront Concerts
Artist-in-residence
Schooling
Public Funding and Tax Incentives
Subsidized recording studios
Creation and zoning for Entertainment areas