A “hater’s” response.

For the past week, right around when creative agency Klip Collective launched its latest art installation at the former Bok Technical High School, I have been trying to understand what I am really mad about when Bok’s reinvention crosses my ears and eyes.

I was one of the many who had questions for Scout, the real estate developers who announced in 2014 that they would turn Bok into a massive creative space. Last fall, I tried to make sense of it in a blog post. One that not only exposed their “artwashing” actions, but also the larger trend of creative placemaking in Philadelphia and its role in urban gentrification.

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