actors and musicians, but chore-
ographers, poets, playwrights,
visual artists, and people who
work behind the scenes. We’re
hoping to be able to rent about
40 of those apartments to peo-
ple who are actively involved in
the arts professionally.”
Paladino says you only have
to look as far as New York City
to see a public/private part-
nership like this with the arts;
noting projects like Carnegie
Tower (which helped generate
revenues for the major renova-
tion of Carnegie Center) and
apartments built on land owned
by the Museum of Modern Art
(MOMA) which aided an expan-
sion of its gallery space.
One of the most exciting as-
pects of the project from an arts
organization perspective is the
creation of five rehearsal spaces
that are the same size as the ac-
tual stages for the arts center.
“All of our organizations will not
have to use the actual stage for
rehearsal time - valuable time
- until they do tech and dress