The Rising Arts Scene in Philadelphia (19. November 2006, 13:44 by Derek Young) ~ Comparing Our Second Cities
The special New York Times Travel magazine in today’s newspaper has a story about the rising arts scene in Philadelphia. Why should you care? Because the story reads like a lot of stories in our area. Philadelphia is a second city in New York’s shadows. Artists often would leave the city to go the big city to the north. Now there’s more of a local arts scene with artists, projects, and galleries, opening and making an impact. Sound familiar?
The arts scene in Tacoma seems more and more vibrant every year month. This is such an interesting and exciting time to be in Tacoma. I’m excited.
Link to The New York Times
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It’s very encouraging to see the arts community flourish as it has in Tacoma. The article’s author is right on in comparing the accessibility of success for Philly artists with the relative difficulty to gain a foothold in saturated arts markets like New York City. But there is so much more to city building than creating an arts community.
Tacoma and Philadelphia share some attributes, such as a storied history, long and painful decline, crime-ridden suburbs and now, some small-scale revitalization. That’s about where the similarities end. Philly is the birthplace of the United States, has a world-famous slogan, over a dozen major universities, and a long legacy of good urban planning. Tacoma has….....none of those attributes.
Perhaps, maybe, with some open-mindedness and a radical shift in values and philosophy, Destiny could someday become remotely comparable with Brotherly Love. There’s still a long way to go.
1 | Posted by drizell | Nov 20, 01:24 AM
I have to say, Tacoma’s story may have more in common with Baltimore than Philadelphia. (as a wise Mr. Ira Glass once mentioned to me…)
But let’s not discount the universities that are here. Perhaps if you compare the census numbers with Philadelphia, we have just as many per person.
Do/did we have “crime-ridden suburbs”?
Milton?
2 | Posted by Laura | Nov 20, 12:10 PM
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