University of Pennsylvania
Te Social Wellbeing of New York City'sNeighborhoods: Te Contribution of Culture andthe Arts
Mark J. Stern
University of Pennsylvania
, stern@sp2.upenn.edu
Susan C. Seifert
University of Pennsylvania
, seiferts@upenn.edu
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is project was generously supported by the Surdna Foundation, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in the New York Community Trust, andthe University of Pennsylvania. e project was undertaken in collaboration with Reinvestment Fund, a community development nancial institution.e views expressed are solely those of the authors.is paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons.hp://repository.upenn.edu/siap_culture_nyc/1For more information, please contactrepository@pobox.upenn.edu.
Stern, Mark J. and Seifert, Susan C., "e Social Wellbeing of New York City's Neighborhoods: e Contribution of Culture and the Arts" (2017).
Culture and Social Wellbeing in New York City (2014-16)
Te Social Wellbeing of New York City's Neighborhoods: TeContribution of Culture and the Arts
Abstract
is report presents the current ndings of a study of culture and social wellbeing in New York City conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) in collaboration withReinvestment Fund. e project began in the fall of 2014 when SIAP accepted an invitation from TomFinkelpearl, Commissioner of Cultural Aairs for the City, to conduct a study of the social value of the arts.e study builds on SIAP’s over twenty years of research and writing on the non-‐ economic impact of the artson urban communities. During that time, SIAP has formulated a perspective on culture’s role in urbanneighborhoods based on the idea of neighborhood cultural ecology or “natural” cultural districts. We’vecompleted a variety of studies—typically combining quantitative data analysis and qualitative evidence frominterviews and observation—in a number of cities, including Philadelphia, Seale, and Baltimore.
Disciplines
Public Aairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social Policy | Social Welfare
Comments
is project was generously supported by the Surdna Foundation, the New York City Cultural Agenda Fundin the New York Community Trust, and the University of Pennsylvania. e project was undertaken incollaboration with Reinvestment Fund, a community development nancial institution. e views expressedare solely those of the authors.
is other is available at ScholarlyCommons:hp://repository.upenn.edu/siap_culture_nyc/1
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