non-event cities
2006.02.14 12:48
I don't see King's article about CAC's "failure" as much as I see it about the "failure" of the "buzz." What concerns me is that the buzz too easily becomes the history, and then we're left with a record that is more virtual than real.
King brought a lot of (personal) history of the place into the article. He has personal experience about the place before there even was CAC, and I think he makes a valid comparison between the past and the present, and it seems that CAC didn't change all that much as per the buzz. Let's not overlook the fact that this part of Cincinnati really wasn't all that bad before CAC.
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