Resumen de In Defense of Old Industrial Spaces: Manufacturing, Creativity andInnovation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
This article argues that the flexibility, creativity, and innovation deemed to be hallmarksof the new ‘creative’ economy are also present in more traditional manufacturingenclaves. Here I use examples drawn from New York City, perhaps the quintessentialglobal city, to demonstrate that our understanding of creativity and innovation needs torecognize a broader spectrum of economic activity encompassing both new andtraditional manufacturing. This case study is an attempt to expand the heteronomy ofcurrent urban policy that promotes gentrification and the wooing of the ‘creative class’as the only method of urban development.
