A recent New York Times article traces the rising rents of the Industry City business incubator and studios, and the resulting exodus of artists a recent rent hike at the Red Hook building has caused.  Red Hook is the most recent in a string of rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods, where artists are continually being driven out.  “All I can see is going further out, then having to move again,†said 73-year old painter Richard Castellana. “I just can’t take it anymore.â€
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