With about 2,200 of its stock in the opportunity area and due to stay, it contends that the social blend it wants is taking shape, along with the general upgrade of the area, and with more affordable homes guaranteed in the Heygate's locality than there were on the estate.
Nigerian-American poet Iyeoka Okoawo treats song as a much-needed social force, blending her poetry, voice, activism and vision in Revolution.
This grizzled veteran is proving a surprise hit on university campuses and social media, blending old-fashioned rallies with an online buzz that compensates for his lack of support from the party machinery.
And then there are the relatively new players like Jim Kimsey, a founder of AOL and chairman of the AOL Foundation, who has had a catalytic effect on the capital's social life, blending the political establishment with the new high-tech entrepreneurs.
What began as an effort to involve communities as partners in the prevention of extremist violence quickly took on a life of its own, morphing into a large-scale experiment in social engineering, blending security haphazardly with questions of cohesion, identity and integration.
In many ways, Mr. Bacanovic's crowded business and social lives blended into one.
When work and social lives blend, excessive drinking may be considered part of the job.
A BIG CITY'S SMALL TOWN WAYS -- In Houston, where Enron flourished, politics, business and social relationships blend so thoroughly that the distinctions sometimes lose their meaning.
Still, this mix of social dances, blended and repackaged for the concert stage, is by now a familiar formula, in contrast to the oeuvre of the man who inspired its creation: Arthur Bispo do Rosário, who spent five decades in a mental institution in Rio de Janeiro, creating what has since been recognized as a masterly body of mixed-media work.
It's unclear yet if Copious has the answer to blending social with a marketplace, but they certainly have the potential to disrupt the social commerce space.
