the value of street art?

Subpopular posts a neat video with an interesting question:

How is public art perceived here in Youngstown? Would people stop and ponder it or want their photos taken next to it?

"For over an hour, Jeremy Gibbs stood across the street from a fresh piece by Banksy on Essex Road and filmed people who stopped to look at the piece and take photos. What we find to be most important about the video is the diversity of the people who stopped, noticed, and most importantly - appreciated - the work. The video is a terrific testament to the "value" of street art."

read more here.

news: 20 Dec 2007

Scuffles might derail the Pittsburgh Promise

It seems the devil is in the details - and those details are upsetting Pittsburgh's City Council and potential for free college tuition for city school students. Read more here and here.

Regional and Grassroots Projects Split $1 million

In anticipation of Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary. Read more here.

YSU Looks to Link Town and Gown

Hunter Morrison speaks to the CIC Board and says the intent behind the new College of Business Building is create not just a building, but a district that will draw downtown to campus and students to the downtown.

to stay, or not to stay? - the state's façade

I Will Shout Youngstown presents an overview of the possible demolition of the State Theater and what really is behind the historic façade.

"It might be hard to see, but there are whole buildings behind the Davis and Armed Forces Buildings, but very little behind the façade of the State Theater.

Similar to the the set of any theater around the world, the façade is almost like a piece of set design. It's a 1920s advertisement to draw people off the main drag and into the theater."

Design alternatives to tearing down the façade (with pictures) are provided here.