We recently documented the invention of the Brixton pound, and now, Brixton is taking on redeveloping its local flea market.

Wooster Collective points us to the advertising art of Specter.

The Foundry Theatre’s current offering, “The Provenance Of Beauty” by Claudia Rankine, is a play that discusses the past, present and future of the South Bronx, and the issues of gentrification and growth that exist within the community.

Gothamist reports that an urban mini-golf course will be opening up in Brooklyn this summer, starting on June 6th. “The Putting Lot” will be installed inside a formerly trash-filled vacant lot within the transitional neighborhood of Bushwick. Each of the nine holes of the course are being created by separate teams of artists and architects who will bring imaginative designs to the project. The goal of The Putting Lot (besides fun) is to explore ideas of urban sustainability and community by using abandoned spaces in fresh ways.
They explain:
Unused, underutilized, and otherwise empty spaces are abundant in the industrial area around [...]

In a twist on the age-old practice of artists reclaiming unused and ex-industrial spaces to work in, the Red A.i.R. project is converting former brothels into studios. All this year, Artists-In-Residency In The Redlight are exploring the possibilities of transitory occupations of space within the slowly gentrifying red light district of Amsterdam.
Red Light Art Amsterdam
[via Luxist]

Last night, we attended a viewing of “Some Call It Home,” a documentary on the gentrification of Downtown Brooklyn. Like many cities in America, Brooklyn is rediscovering and redeveloping its downtown. Old buildings have been torn down and glass-covered towers have shot up, often at the expense of lower-income residents. While the economic downturn may decrease the city’s development budget, not to mention the demand for luxury housing, long-established communities are already affected by empty storefronts and increasing rents.
The next district slated for development is Fulton Street Mall, a collection of mostly locally-owned businesses. It may not look like much, [...]