Can Concert Halls Save Downtown?

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
The "build it and they will come" theory has fueled an arts real-estate boom in numerous urban areas. Recently, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center announced plans for a high-rise development in downtown Newark, while Lincoln Center approved the first phase of its plans to re-shape West 65th Street. Add to this the World Trade Center site, not to mention intentions to rebuild New Orleans, and it's a major and complex issue. Joining us is Adrian Ellis, the director of AEA Consulting, and Robin Pogrebin, a reporter at the New York Times. Also joining us is singer and lyricist Sathima Bea Benjamin. Since the early '60s she has performed jazz standards and show tunes, traditional South African music and her own original pieces.

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