Sustaining creativity in the creative archetype: The case of Austin, Texas

Long, Joshua

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2009.03.004

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“…Here, particular 'creative' groups, such as artists, who move into run-down or decaying urban areas, are often credited as 'pioneers', paving the way for further gentrification and renewal (Ley, 2003;Markusen, 2006). In recent years these associations have been given further support with explicit connections often made between Florida's 'creative class' and their desire for 'bohemian' city districts and the gentrification of city-centre areas (Lees, et al, 2008;Long, 2009;Wyly & Hammell, 2005). Yet, no discernible pattern could be found in our results that might differentiate the residential preferences of the 'creative class' from those outlined in the existing body of literature (Rossi, 1955;Bell, 1968;Kim et al, 2005;Prashker, et al, 2008).…”

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Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

Lawton

Murphy

Redmond

2013

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Abstract. The desire for 'vibrant', 'bohemian' neighbourhoods forms a focal point of the amenity preferences of Richard Florida's 'creative class' thesis. Here, a vibrant street culture, which includes cafes and restaurants spilling on to the pavement, is implied as being of key importance in the selection of a residential area for creative and knowledge workers. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, this paper examines the residential preferences of the 'creative class' in Dublin, Ireland. The results illustrate the continued importance of classic factors in residential decision-making, including housing cost, accessibility and travel-time to place of employment. Moreover, the results also illustrate how changes in the life-cycle, including the decision to have a family, have a direct influence on their residential location choice. While there is a tendency for younger workers to select the city centre, older workers predominantly opt to live in suburban areas with good transport connections to the city centre or their place of employment.

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“…Much has been written about the role of consumption patterns amongst those in creative and knowledge orientated occupations (Florida, 2002(Florida, , 2005Long, 2009). The findings presented in this paper point to the limitations of Florida's focus on the 'soft' amenity-oriented factors in the residential preferences of the 'creative class'.…”

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Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

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Murphy

Redmond

2013

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“…The focus of much current policy practice upon the need to attract and retain mobile, high skill workers and entrepreneurs has produced an emphasis upon delivering a high quality lifestyle with appropriate cultural and leisure activities and good quality residential conditions and service provision. The use of cultural diversity to sell cities as part of this frequently plays into a neo-liberal development agenda that promotes interurban competition, gentrification, middle class consumption and place marketing, and an urban regeneration process that often produces homogenous, sanitised and secure developments aimed to meet middle class residential and leisure needs (Long, 2009;Peck, 2005;Shearmur, 2007).…”

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Realising the Diversity Dividend: Population Diversity and Urban Economic Development

Syrett

Sepúlveda

2011

Environ Plan A

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This paper critically examines the increasing use of population diversity as a source of competitive advantage and distinctiveness within policies promoting urban economic development. Rising levels of population diversity are a characteristic feature of many urban areas and this has led to increased policy attempts to realise a so-called "diversity dividend". Yet much of this policy thinking demonstrates a restricted understanding of the nature of the relationships between diverse populations and urban economic change. Through a comprehensive review of existing theoretical and policy practice in relation to population diversity, this paper identifies an often narrow focus upon higher skilled and income populations and their needs within much urban economic policy thinking. It is argued that a more critical and wide-ranging approach to the complex relationship between population diversity and city development is required if a more just form of urban economic development is to be achieved.

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“…Given the particularly critical role arts, cultural and entertainment districts now play in the urban revitalization and rebranding strategies of cities perched among the middleto-lower rungs of the world city hierarchy (Globalization and World Cities (GaWC), 2012; Gotham, 2007;Hagerman, 2007;Hagerman, 2007;Long, 2009;Ponzini & Rossi, 2010;Zimmerman, 2008), this paper focuses specifically on mid-sized US metropolitan areas. Note that the term 'mid-sized', as defined in this study, represents an attempt to balance the variability introduced by cities of different sizes with the desire to conduct a broad and inclusive neighbourhood survey.…”

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“…Florida (2002 has argued that the opposite may be true, as well: cities that fail to attract young professionals and members of the creative class will be less economically competitive. Though contested (Boschma & Fritsch, 2009;Donegan, Drucker, Goldstein, Lowe, & Malizia, 2008), this logic has fuelled many of the latest rebranding and promotional strategies (Long, 2009;Zimmerman, 2008). …”

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Neighbourhood change among creative–cultural districts in mid-sized US metropolitan areas, 2000–10

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2014

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Cities across the United States are experiencing a surge in urban residential development, particularly within the downtown core and other centrally located, historic, mixed-use urban neighbourhoods. Often situated in former warehouse districts or other 'marginal' areas, many of these neighbourhoods have been revalorized and reinvented as hubs of creative-cultural production and consumption. Through an examination of 102 US neighbourhoods in 70 mid-sized metropolitan areas, this article explores patterns in the physical form, geography, and recent demographic and socio-economic evolution of the 'creative-cultural district' (CCD). The results of this exploratory analysis suggest that over the previous decade (2000-10), the majority of CCDs attracted high-skill, high-wage creative-knowledge workers at a rate faster than their respective metropolitan areas. This 'creative gentrification' was also evident in rising residential populations, household income, education and rent. Rent increased faster than income in over half the surveyed neighbourhoods, suggesting that a widening deficit in affordable housing has accompanied growing consumer demand for vibrant urban neighbourhoods and associated arts/cultural/entertainment amenities.Keywords: cultural district; creative class; creative city; neighbourhood change; gentrification; creative gentrification Introduction While dynamic, creative-cultural or 'neo-bohemian' (Lloyd, 2002) urban neighbourhoods have thrived for decades in the United States' premier world cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago, the scope of their recent success and popularity in cities across the country, as well as their propensity to attract a sizable residential population, is unprecedented in recent times. Although the issues of displacement, inequity and homogenization associated with gentrification continue to present considerable challenges, the revitalization of urban neighbourhoods may represent the stirrings of a significant and broadly supported turnaround in the economic fate of many US cities. This may be particularly true of mid-sized US metropolitan areas (roughly those with populations between 300,000 and 3.5 million), many of which still struggle to maintain healthy, liveable and relevant urban centres. This article explores the creative-cultural district (CCD) as it exists in the United States, building upon and extending previous examinations of creative-cultural neighbourhoods (Evans, 2009;Lloyd, 2002;McCarthy, 2005; Montgomery, 2003) and investigating the physical form, Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2014 Vol. 1, No. 1, 158-183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2014 geography, and recent demographic and socio-economic shifts among a large (N = 102) and diverse sample of urban neighbourhoods.CCDs may be described as centrally located, and often historic, urban neighbourhoods that serve as nodes of creative-cultural production and consumption (e.g., recording studios and music venues, art studios and galleries, live theatre, dining and retail, ...

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Sustaining creativity in the creative archetype: The case of Austin, Texas

Cited by 44 publications

References 14 publications

Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

Realising the Diversity Dividend: Population Diversity and Urban Economic Development

Neighbourhood change among creative–cultural districts in mid-sized US metropolitan areas, 2000–10

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