Urban arts district mangled by climate crisis
*A hurricane doesn’t much care if there’s art in the buildings of Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Or anywhere else, for that matter.
Hurricane Helene Obliterates Asheville’s River Arts District
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“Two-thirds of the district has been destroyed,” said Jeffrey Burroughs, president of the River Arts District Artists Association, in an interview with Hyperallergic. Hosting over 350 local artists and craftspeople, the RAD complex comprises 27 buildings that span just over a mile of the eastern riverside. The southernmost string of buildings along Foundy Street, including the enormous Marquee warehouse which was once a bustling marketplace for artisans and antique dealers, are “gone,” according to Burroughs, who has been surveying the damages onsite daily since Friday….
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