The phrase "artists district" is not correct in standard written English; it should be "artists' district" or "art district." You can use it when referring to an area known for its concentration of artists and artistic activities.
Example: "The artists' district in the city is filled with galleries, studios, and vibrant street art."
Alternatives: "arts district" or "creative district."
A decade ago, Peekskill declared a four-block area an artists' district.
The Southern California Institute of Architecture has relocated from Marina del Rey to a railroad freight building in the artists' district in east Downtown.
The mastermind behind Peekskill's artists' district was Ralph DiBart, a planning and development consultant who recently became executive director of the New Rochelle Business Improvement District.
Mr. Markley recently fashioned two lofts from the second and third floors of a late-Victorian house in the artists' district.
But they also increasingly accept films begun in workshops like Mr. Li's, in the artists' district of Songzhuang, and one in Caochangdi, another Beijing art district, home base to the dissident artist Ai Weiwei and the documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang.
"Artists' neighborhoods turn over so quickly these days," said Mr. Anasi, whose memoir, "The Last Bohemia: Scenes From the Life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn," explores the neighborhood's transformation from industrial backwater to artists' district to trendy high-rise colony.
All three are examples of artists' districts discovered and then commercialized, but all three are in very different stages of the process, SoHo being the most advanced.
PEEKSKILL -- Walking tour of downtown artist district, with trips led by Wendie Garber to artists' residences, studio spaces and art galleries.
When I moved there, more than 30 years ago, it was a sleepy, broken-down artist district.
Taking a Peek in Peekskill When Peekskill transformed itself into an artist district 10 years ago, some of its historic buildings received a makeover.
By converting obsolete commercial space into an artists' residential district, the new traffic would be continuous rather than limited to weekday shopping hours, said Ralph DiBart, an urban planner and an expert on downtown reuse who was brought in by Fran Gibbs, the mayor of Peekskill at the time, to help revitalize the area.
