Article: The Arts District Difference

  
The Arts District Difference, October 2011 Article by Christopher Johnston on Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, Theater Communications Group magazine, supporting non-profit professional American theater, website: www.tcg.org/publications/at/oct11/cleveland.cfm

Arts and Cultural District Strategies Report

Cultural District Strategies Report 10.1.11

The Cultural District Strategies report was prepared on behalf of the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development as part of an Economic Strategy for the revitalization of the Central Market neighborhood. The analysis presents research and recommendations on best practices and catalytic projects that create vibrant communities built on the arts and that provide benefits to existing low income residents. The report is also available on the Northern California Community Loan Fund’s website: www/ncclf.org

Bayview Opera House

Deborah Frieden is consulting for the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) on the Bayview Opera House project. The Bayview Opera House is a National Historic Landmark in need of structural, site and accessibility improvements. The work entails developing an overall project management strategy, working with and maintaining relationships with city agencies, principally with the Department of Public Works, MTA, Mayor’s Office of Disability, the Redevelopment Agency, and others for the Project’s planning and implementation. The Work will also include coordinating with the Bayview Opera House program manager, the San Francisco Architectural Heritage Foundation, neighborhood groups and related community outreach efforts by the SFAC.

SPUR Article

  
SPUR Urbanist July 2011 Issue On Central Market
See article by Deborah Frieden on Arts Districts
http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/what-makes-arts-district-successful

UCB Presentation: “The Museum in the Park”

July 26, 2011

College of Environmental Design’s SUMMER [IN]STITUTES
University of California at Berkeley
Presentation on Planning the Museum in the Park
9 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
with Harrison Fraker, former Dean, College of Environmental Design and
Nuno Lopes, Fong & Chan Architects, San Francisco

Central Market

Central Market Economic Development Strategy 2011

Deborah Frieden is consulting for the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development on an Economic Development Strategy for the Central Market district of San Francisco based in part on creating a lively creative arts district.  Deborah’s research has entailed studying strategies and best practices across the U.S. for developing arts and cultural districts while stabilizing low income communities. Collaborating with AECOM and the Northern California Community Loan Fund, Deborah and the team will also work with local stakeholders, such as the Tenderloin Economic Development Project, American Conservatory Theater, Intersection for the Arts, Theater Bay Area, the Arts Commission of the City of San Francisco, Grants for the Arts, among others.