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Originally Posted by Jon Dalton
During the last art crawl me, astroblaster and drpgq were on the jackson square roof as the Artopia show was winding down around midnight. In a space normally deserted or filled with punks, we looked over King and James with dj music pumping and people milling about. It was an unusual juxtaposition of nightlife seemingly transplanted from Toronto or Montreal with the backdrop of the glass CIBC towers, One James and Gore Park. Maybe it was the alcohol, but I thought for minute I had seen a glimpse of redemption for this woeful expression of 1970's antiurban megalomania. Now, how to make that happen more than once a year?
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This was magic, I agree. I don't think it was the booze. This place was vibrant that night. If stuff happened there regularly, the space wouldn't be half bad. But nothing happens up there.
Highwater, Jon Dalton, I agree, we should work with what we've got. Dreaming and whining about bad planning decisions isn't going to help us that much in the short term.
I think a good first step would be for this space to be used in someway that coincides with the art crawls.
Is anyone in contact with the people who ran ARTOPIA? That might be a good place to start the conversation.