Amazon’s HQ2 Will Not Be Good For New York’s Arts Community

“Some New York artists and art spaces may thrive in Amazon’s shadow. But recent art history already provides ample illustration that the benefits of increasing inequality are not really shared equally, and tend to get eaten up by rising rent anyway — the latter being a much greater concern for the average person, artist or otherwise.” For an example, look no further than the home of Amazon’s original HQ, Seattle.