tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post4111509896267310677..comments2023-09-07T09:38:00.582-04:00Comments on Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland Arts And Livable City Blog: More Pittsburgh and Cleveland Artist And Gallery Links UpJohn Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-49241711123192231842010-03-31T14:26:12.287-04:002010-03-31T14:26:12.287-04:00You make some good points that I don't have ti...You make some good points that I don't have time to respond to right now. <br /><br />As, you say, the attempt to take so many of these buildings directly to high end residential is frustrating and probably very misguided. <br /><br />I think we all know artist's designers, writers and all kinds of perhaps poor but interesting people and small businesses that would love to use those spaces. This is real demand that's here now from the kind of people who are in Pittsburgh working to make it better today.<br /><br />Instead we have more plans to agent orange the city, to make it feel safe for bland suburban types who have never shown an interest in living here.<br /><br />By the way, initial estimates guess that more people are moving into the region than leaving. <br /><br />Population decline now, is fueled by the death rate as the older generation who stayed here passes on.John Morrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-39824591969780565932010-03-31T13:39:44.908-04:002010-03-31T13:39:44.908-04:00Do you feel we are lacking in warehouse space for ...Do you feel we are lacking in warehouse space for artists in Pittsburgh? Its hard for me to imagine we're lacking in any type of housing as our population continues to dwindle. Is the issue that those warehouses that are being converted to livable space are jumping the middle ground and going straight for the high-end residents?aleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17427902867443811281noreply@blogger.com