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Creative New York

Report - December 2005

Creative New York

This groundbreaking report shows that New York's vast creative sector, from arts organizations to ad agencies, is one of the city's most important, and least understood, economic assets.

by Robin Keegan, Neil Kleiman, Beth Seigel and Michael Kane

Tags: economic growth creative economy

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