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...that's not the whole story. In 2005 the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based think tank, issued a study of the city's cultural sector, which it defined broadly to include art, design, music, theater and dance, as well as TV and film production, architecture, publishing, fashion and even advertising. It found that taken together those professions were second only to financial services as an economic force, employing 309,000 people, or more than 8% of the New York City work force...
...York can cultivate the arts as an industry sector for the same reason that Detroit can support the production of cars: because it offers a powerful infrastructure, a network of suppliers, expertise and kindred spirits. The camera crews of TV production units have access to countless photo-equipment shops. Fashion designers can find any fabric sample among the garment-industry retailers on Seventh Avenue. The local cultural eco-structure combines nonprofit institutions that can take chances on commercially risky productions with profitmaking enterprises seeking big returns. This means that an actress can work in an off-Broadway production...
...real estate crunch is a potential calamity for the arts economy. Most obviously, creative people can no longer find housing in New York within their means, even in formerly marginal neighborhoods that they pioneered, made fashionable and then unaffordable. More than that, they can't find a place to do their work. The study by the Center for an Urban Future found that almost a third of the city's "creative workforce" was self-employed, meaning that in addition to homes many of them needed their own studios, workshops, even salesrooms. And real estate is so expensive that theater groups...
...Harvard women’s swimming and diving team preserved its undefeated season in dominating fashion against Penn on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson (4-0, 4-0 Ivy) won every event in its 199-96 victory over the Quakers (4-3, 2-3) at Sheerr Pool.Harvard had five double-winners in the meet, including record-breaking performances from freshman Kate Mills and senior Samantha Papadakis.“I thought this was a good way to get back into racing mode again,” head coach Stephanie Morawski said. “It was a low-pressure meet...
...hand in, grabbed me by the hand and shook me by the hand and said "Good on you, Ed," he said, "You did very well for yourself." Completely different. In England they thanked me for all we had done for Britain, but over here, in rather New Zealand fashion, they complemented me for having done well for myself...