首页 新闻 体育 娱乐 游戏 邮箱 搜索 短信 聊天 天气 答疑 导航


新浪首页 > 新浪教育 > On verge of losing 'village'

On verge of losing 'village'
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/09/09 10:53  Shanghai Daily

  Some 140 artists residing at the "Painters' Village" - a residential building in Pudong New Area that supplies low-rent apart-ments to artists - will have to move out - falling victim to the city's soaring real-estate prices.

  The landlord of the 24-story building has officially informed the artists to move out when their contracts are due. The building will be used to resettle local residents relocated by urban construction projects, according to Liu Gang who initiated the "Painters' Village" two years ago.

  Liu said he signed a three-year rental contract with the building's real-estate develo-per, but many painters just inked contracts every three months. The landlord has stopped renewing the lease.

  "At that time, the building was hardly occupied due to its inconvenient trans-portation and outmoded structure. So we were offered a cheap price," said Liu.

  The rent ranged from 360 yuan (US43.37) to 700 yuan per month for each apart-ment, with a living room and one or two bedrooms. Usually, such units go for about 1,000 yuan a month.

  The cheap rent attracted nearly 140 artists from different parts of the country to pursue their artistic dream at the cosmopolitan village.

  "It's too abrupt for the landlord to end our cont-racts," said Hong Ming of Room 1808, a graduate from Beijing's Central Fine Art Academy. "It is the passion for art that brought us here. Without this village, our community will disappear."

  But the bubbling real-estate market has found new tenants for the once desolate building.

  Another artist Ma Guang-hui of Room 707 said, "Not all artists are well off. I don't know whether I could sur-vive in Shanghai if I moved."

  Many artists are again pinning their hopes on Liu to find them a new "Painters' Village."

  "I am negotiating with several developers," Liu said. "We need a 6,000-square-meter space, even if it is far from downtown."




英语学习论坛】【评论】【 】【打印】【关闭
Annotation

新闻查询帮助



文化教育意见反馈留言板电话:010-62630930-5178 欢迎批评指正

新浪简介 | About Sina | 广告服务 | 招聘信息 | 网站律师 | SINA English | 会员注册 | 产品答疑

Copyright © 1996 - 2003 SINA Inc. All Rights Reserved

版权所有 新浪网
北京市通信公司提供网络带宽