There seems to be some unopposed justifiable destruction of culture and the arts. It starts at schools with administrators cutting corners and letting the hatchet fall upon "extemporaneous" arts and music programs because of budget constraints and the pressure to preform in a standardized way. This concentration on the practical and immediate pandering to the skewed performance of a human being eliminates the human experience and joys of life.
Recently our group of urban planning students has been redesigning a section of third west from main street to 4th south. Immediately the idea came to us to provide a destination of walkable connectivity. The solution was simple and integral, revive a downtown with the arts. Even though the arts and artisans themselves are being systematically torn out of places like downtown Sugarhouse and Peirpont Avenue a place of culture is an anwser to attract the masses. Only when we learn the value of harmony and balance within our basic sturctures of achedemia will we also stande behind the reasures of liturate, art, cinema and music.
Now a group of planners of an activist generation are clinging together to designate a space for the these things to be preserved. The establishment of validity is all that matters to those that are making the money. The preservasation of a culture within the established environments is our goal.
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