For the Season 3 premiere of N+T Asks, we zoomed in on Fort Point; with the help of Midway Artist Collective Board of Directors member, Raber Umphenour, and resident multimedia artist, Dorothea Van Camp. There was too much to talk about — from artist housing to the Boston art market, to the future of Boston artist communities — but we somehow managed to keep it to an hour.

Here’s the best of the resources we gathered, facts we learned, and takeaways we’re still chewing on:

We got up to speed with this short history of Fort Point, via the Fort Points Art Community website, and this BPDA factsheet on the South Boston Waterfront. (You can also sign up for BPDA’s email updates on the neighborhood.)
This oral history of the Seaport — which covers Fort Point, too — came up in the chat.
This New York Times article considers the neighborhood’s architectural history, and compares Fort Point to NYC’s SoHo neighborhood.
Former Director of Public Art for the City of Boston, Sara Hutt, recounted some successful public art projects in Boston history for our blog, back in 2015. We considered what makes a Fort Point public art project locally meaningful, and how public art projects can often fuel community morale and local economies.
As a bordering neighbor to Fort Point, we chatted quite a bit about how the Seaport’s still-rapidly-changing identity has impacted — or not impacted — Fort Point’s livability for artists. This recent Globe article explores the history of the Seaport’s redevelopment.
Located right along the Fort Point Channel, the Fort Point neighborhood, along with all of Boston’s waterfront, is at risk of flooding due to rising sea levels. Our guests highlighted the need for artist residents to apply pressure on developers to increase their sustainability efforts. In the chat, folks talked about recent — and upcoming — Fort Point public artworks, like Iceberg and Future Shoreline, that focus on the local effects of climate change.
We made sure to get some local restaurant recs from you + our guests before time was up. Favorites included Lucky’s, Pastoral, Smoke Shop, Channel Cafe, and A Street Deli.
Check out this list of galleries in the neighborhood (shoutout to the Friends of Fort Point).

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