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Pricey city drives out artists

Last year Galapagos Art Space, a leading venue in the city for emerging theater and art, had its bags packed and ready to go.

Rents got to be too much. Young artists that lived near the space in Williamsburg had scattered. And city officials in Berlin were trying to lure the group there.

"We were walking out the door and our jacket got caught on the latch," joked Robert Elmes, who...

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