Castleberry Hill is a Victim of Its Own Success
Walk around Castleberry Hill these days and you can see it’s a neighborhood in transition. Galleries are closing and Nightclubs are moving in.
The influx in restaurants is not a bad thing, but the squeeze on the galleries is. A thriving art scene helps the city and downtown in particular. That it was a 5 minute walk from MARTA was even better.
Some galleries moved. Some, such as Romo, are gone forever. The question is where the artists and galleries will go now? What’s the next recoverable neighborhood?
Moreover, is there a mechanism to assure that artists who are renting and help a neighborhood don’t then become the victims of their own success?
April 28th, 2008 at 11:34 am
They should move to Murphy Avenue–immediately.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I live in castleberry and am a member of the CNA. More galleries have moved in within the past 2 years then left. Don’t know where you’re getting your facts but I suggest you go to the castleberry site and take a look.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
brad is right. And my information is that Romo was not squeezed out by higher rents, but rather suffered the fate of many galleries around the country. It’s a hard business (as is the restaurant business); it takes about 5 years to start making a profit on a gallery. It’s a shame, because Sam Romo has an excellent eye and was showing adventurous work.