art district

Galleries cluster here

An art district is a neighborhood known for its concentration of galleries, studios, and creative businesses.

Cities often designate art districts officially to encourage cultural development and tourism, though some emerge organically as artists cluster in affordable areas: We spent the afternoon wandering through the art district.

The term sometimes signals gentrification in progress.

Opposites
economic function/land use

art districtfinancial district

Commercial banking hub area

business district · Wall Street · industrial zone · commercial district · central business district

cultural character

art districtstrip mall

Row of adjacent storefronts

bedroom community · corporate campus · gated community · tract housing · commuter suburb

development stage/gentrification

art districtblighted area

Deteriorated, neglected district

urban decay · slum · ghost town

Family

district

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G