Back On Twitter

I had a malfunction I was just to lazy to fix that put me off Twitter for quite a while. For what it's worth I'm back and trying to build more linkages between the Cleveland & Yinzburgh artists, galleries, crafters, musicians, filmakers and perhaps a fan or two.

Promise to be somewhat active. I like the medium, in that it's a viral open ended type system well suited to creating new interactions in an easy way.

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http://twitter.com/Diggingpitt

What I can't get around to posting I may tweet.

More Pittsburgh and Cleveland Artist And Gallery Links Up

I'm slowly building up my Cleveburgh artists and art organization links which are finally starting to seem worthwhile. As, you can see, there are more assets there than a lot of people might suspect.

One big thing that attracts me is that unlike Pittsburgh, Cleveland really seems to have really large amounts of the kinds of large scale warehouse and manufacturing spaces perfect for artists. Imagine if we started to look at the region as a greater whole--someday linked by efficient rail networks. This deep well of available space should enable us maintain a cost advantage long after Pittsburgh has become hopelessly hip. (which I'm afraid is really a threat) Whatever, one thinks of Pittsburgh, it really is hard to really do growth here because of the hills and weird geography. Cleveland doesn't have that issue in the same way.

My guess is that these warehouse and old manufacturing buildings and districts are more interesting than a lot of it's single family housing stock most of which never reaches the critical density levels needed to support real neighborhoods.

Comment with your opinions please. I don't know Cleveland in the way I should. Like it or not it ain't moving away.