![[PDF]](/pb-assets/Icons/adobe-pdf-icon-1498649896243.png){kind=icon}
Abstract
Based on ethnographic fieldwork and 39 formal interviews with 42 participants, we examine the influence of higher education institutions on a transitional, revitalizing neighborhood in Central Baltimore: Station North, a state-designated Arts and Entertainment District. This case study applies new urban regime theory to the development strategies of two universities near the neighborhood, Maryland Institute College of Art and Johns Hopkins University. We find the confluence of revitalization strategies in this declining city, as anchor institutions and the creative arts and entertainment–based economy attempt to revitalize neighborhoods as attractive places to live and visit. Yet these revitalization strategies may not address the quality of life issues that current or future residents most value, nor are they necessarily enacted with transparency or neighborhood stakeholder reciprocity. Furthermore, as neoliberal government relinquishes the task of neighborhood redevelopment to private institutions, neighborhood stakeholders question how the neighborhood will change and for whom.
Keywords urban education, social justice, educational leaders
References
Section:
|
Adams, C. T. (2014). From the outside in: Suburban elites, Third-Sector organizations, and the reshaping of Philadelphia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Baltimore Development Corporation . (2015). Top employers in Baltimore. Retrieved from http://baltimoredevelopment.com Google Scholar | |
|
Boren, T., Young, C. (2013). Getting creative with the “creative city”? Towards new perspectives on urban policy. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 37, 1799-1815. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Bromley, R., Kent, R. B. (2006). Integrating beyond the campus: Ohio’s urban public universities and urban revitalization. Planning Practice & Research, 21, 45-78. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Clark, T., Lloyd, R., Wong, K., Jain, P. (2002). Amenities drive urban growth. Journal of Urban Affairs, 24, 493-515. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Darchen, S. (2013). The creative city and the redevelopment of the Toronto entertainment district: A BIA-led regeneration process. International Planning Studies, 18, 188-203. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Deitrick, S., Soska, T. (2005). The University of Pittsburgh and the Oakland neighborhood: From conflict to cooperation, or how the 800-pound gorilla learned to sit with—and not on—Its neighbors. In Perry, D. C., Wiewel, W. (Eds.), The university as urban developer: Case studies and analysis (pp. 25-44). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. Google Scholar | |
|
Elfenbein, J., Hollowak, T., Nix, E. (Eds.). (2011). Baltimore ’68: Riots and rebirth in an American city. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Etienne, H. F. (2012). Pushing back the gates: Neighborhood perspectives on university-driven revitalization in West Philadelphia. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Florida, R. (2002). The rise of the creative class . . . and how it’s transforming work, leisure, community, and everyday life. New York, NY: Basic Books. Google Scholar | |
|
Gessen, K., Squibb, S. (2015). City by city: Dispatches from the American metropolis. New York, NY: n+1/FSG. Google Scholar | |
|
Gilderbloom, J. I., Mullins, R. L. (2005). Promises and betrayal: Universities and the battle for sustainable urban neighborhoods. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Gomez, M. (2013). Race, class, power, and organizing in East Baltimore. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. Google Scholar | |
|
Gómez, M. V. (1998). Reflective images: The case of urban regeneration in Glasgow and Bilbao. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 22, 106-121. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Grogan, P. S., Proscio, T. (2000). Comeback cities: A blueprint for urban neighborhood revival. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Johns Hopkins University . (2015). Economic impact in Maryland. Retrieved from http://web.jhu.edu/administration/gca/eir Google Scholar | |
|
Judkis, M. (2012, May 18). Open walls tags Baltimore’s Station North district as an “it” neighborhood. Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/open-walls-tags-baltimores-station-north-district-as-an-it-neighborhood/2012/05/17/gIQAmUyPYU_story.html?utm_term=.fcd4849d4825 Google Scholar | |
|
Levine, M. V. (1987). Downtown redevelopment as an urban growth strategy. Journal of Urban Affairs, 9, 103-123. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Markusen, A., Gadwa, A. (2010). Arts and culture in urban and regional planning: A review and research agenda. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 29, 379-391. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Maryland Institute College of Art . (2015). Description of academic and research programs. Available from www.mica.edu Google Scholar | |
|
Maurrasse, D. J. (2001). Beyond the campus: How colleges and universities form partnerships with their communities. New York, NY: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
McNeely, J. B. (2012). Homewood community partners initiative: A call to action. Baltimore, MD: McNeely Legal Services. Google Scholar | |
|
Miles, M. (2005). Interruptions: Testing the rhetoric of culturally led urban development. Urban Studies, 42, 889-911. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Miles, S., Paddison, R. (2005). The rise and rise of culture-led urban regeneration. Urban Studies, 4, 833-839. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | |
|
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies . (2012). About state arts agencies. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.nasaa-arts.org/About/About-State-Arts-Agencies.php Google Scholar | |
|
Netter Center for Community Partnerships . (2008). The anchor institution toolkit. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. Google Scholar | |
|
Olson, S. H. (1997). Baltimore: The building of an American city. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Patterson, K. L., Silverman, R. M. (2014a). Institutions and the new normal for community development. In Patterson, K. L., Silverman, R. M. (Eds.), Schools and urban revitalization: Rethinking institutions and community development (pp. 3-13). New York, NY: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
Patterson, K. L., Silverman, R. M. (Eds.). (2014b). Schools and urban revitalization: Rethinking institutions and community development. New York, NY: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
Peck, J. (2005). Struggling with the creative class. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 29, 740-770. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Perry, D. C., Wiewel, W. (Eds.). (2005). The university as urban developer: Case studies and analysis. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. Google Scholar | |
|
Pietila, A. (2010). Not in my neighborhood: How bigotry shaped a great American city. Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee. Google Scholar | |
|
Rae, D. W. (2006). Making life work in crowded places. Urban Affairs Review, 41, 271-291. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Rich, M. A. (2009). “It depends on how you define integrated”: Neighborhood boundaries and racial integration in a Baltimore neighborhood. Sociological Forum, 24, 828-853. Google Scholar | Crossref | ISI | |
|
Rich, M. A., Tsitsos, W. (2016). Avoiding the “SoHo Effect” in Baltimore: Neighborhood revitalization and arts & entertainment districts. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 40, 736-756. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Rodin, J. (2007). The university and urban revival: Out of the ivory tower and into the streets. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Sherman, N. (2015, March 2). Centre Theatre nears reopening. Baltimore Sun. Retrieved from http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-centre-lighting-20150302-story.html Google Scholar | |
|
Silverman, R. (2014). Anchoring community development to schools and neighborhoods: A renewed tradition of putting people first. In Patterson, K. L., Silverman, R. M. (Eds.), Schools and urban revitalization: Rethinking institutions and community development (pp. 14-27). New York, NY: Routledge. Google Scholar | |
|
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York, NY: Crown Books. Google Scholar | |
|
Smith, D. (2008). The politics of studentification and “(un)balanced” urban populations: Lessons for gentrification and sustainable communities? Urban Studies, 45, 2541-2564. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Stern, M., Seifert, S. (2007). Cultivating “natural” cultural districts brief. Philadelphia, PA: The Reinvestment Fund. Google Scholar | |
|
Stern, M., Seifert, S. (2008). From creative economy to creative society. Philadelphia, PA: The Reinvestment Fund. Google Scholar | |
|
Stern, M., Seifert, S. (2013). Baltimore: Station north and Highlandtown-Patterson park. In Stern, M., Seifert, S. (Eds.), Natural’ cultural districts: A three-city study (pp. 94-173). Philadelphia: Social Impact of the Arts Project, University of Pennsylvania. Google Scholar | |
|
Stone, C. N. (1989). Regime politics: Governing Atlanta, 1946-1988. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Google Scholar | |
|
Strom, E. (2002). Converting pork into porcelain: Cultural institutions and downtown development. Urban Affairs Review, 38, 3-21. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
Strom, E. (2003). Cultural policy as development policy: Evidence from the United States. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 9, 247-263. Google Scholar | Crossref | |
|
Strom, E. (2005). The political strategies behind university-based development: Two Philadelphia cases. In Perry, D. C., Wiewel, W. (Eds.), The university as urban developer: Case studies and analysis (pp. 116-130). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. Google Scholar | |
|
Strom, E. (2010). Artist garret as growth machine? Local policy and artist housing in U.S. cities. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 29, 367-378. Google Scholar | SAGE Journals | ISI | |
|
U.S. Census Bureau . (2015). Census 2010 summary files. Available from www.census.gov Google Scholar | |
|
Weber, R., Theodore, N., Hoch, C. (2005). Private choices and public obligations: The ethics of university real estate development. In Perry, D. C., Wiewel, W. (Eds.), The university as urban developer: Case studies and analysis (pp. 285-299). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. Google Scholar | |
|
Wiewel, W., Perry, D. C. (2005). Ivory towers no more: Academic bricks and sticks. In Perry, D. C., Wiewel, W. (Eds.), The university as urban developer: Case studies and analysis (pp. 300-316). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. Google Scholar | |
|
Woods, B. (2014, November 4). Blinded with science: Hopkins brings in Thomas Dolby to “do a neighborhood” and evangelize for its troubling model. City Paper. Retrieved from http://www.citypaper.com/arts/artsandentertainment/bcp-blinded-with-science-hopkins-brings-in-thomas-dolby-to-do-a-neighborhood-and-evangelize-for-its-trou-20141104-story.html Google Scholar | |
|
Zukin, S. (1991). Landscapes of power. Berkeley: University of California Press. Google Scholar | |
|
Zukin, S. (1992). Postmodern urban landscapes: Mapping culture and power. In Lash, S., Friedman, J. (Eds.), Modernity and identity (pp. 221-224). London, England: Basil Blackwell. Google Scholar |
Author Biographies
Meghan Ashlin Rich is associate professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Scranton. She studies race, class, and urban social change, as well as arts and culture–based strategies to revitalize neighborhoods. Her research has been published in the Journal of Urban Affairs and the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
William Tsitsos is associate professor of sociology at Towson University in Maryland. His main research areas are in the sociology of religion and culture. Currently, he is working on a manuscript comparing the role that urban contexts (NYC and Detroit) played in the emergence of rap and techno music.
