Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Commodification of graffiti

is nothing new. Pabst Brewing takes it to a new level in Philadelphia. (Almost 20 years ago I worked on a video called "Marketing Booze to Blacks," produced by the Center for Science in the Public Interest.) See "Residents object to malt liquor wall murals," from Denver's NBC-TV station.
Malt liquor billboard mural
NBC image.

More and more I appreciate the academic viewpoint of cultural studies, despite its being derided in many corners. The political economic/cultural/Marxist framework for understanding capitalism in all its aspects makes a lot of sense.

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