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Amid the effects of the economic downturn has been a scaling-back or delaying of arts building projects around the nation.   Closer to home, the Minnesota Orchestra has trimmed the budget for a proposed $90 million renovation of Orchestra Hall to $40 million.  Still, the question remains:   Are the arts overbuilt?  

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Morning Edition arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola to get his observations on this subject.

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Amid the effects of the economic downturn has been a scaling-back or delaying of arts building projects around the nation.   Closer to home, the Minnesota Orchestra has trimmed the budget for a proposed $90 million renovation of Orchestra Hall to $40 million.  Still, the question remains:   Are the arts overbuilt?

Arts overbuilding happening around the country

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