{"id":15776,"date":"2011-06-15T06:25:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T10:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=15776"},"modified":"2011-06-14T18:31:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T22:31:49","slug":"the-improvised-life-in-detroit-harlem-and-governors-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/06\/15\/the-improvised-life-in-detroit-harlem-and-governors-island\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;the improvised life&#8217; in detroit, harlem and governors island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Governors-Island.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15784\" title=\"Governors Island\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Governors-Island.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Governors-Island.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Governors-Island-100x54.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Governors-Island-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months, &#8216;the improvised life&#8217; has been contacted by some very interesting folks who are implementing our ideas into their work. Leslie Koch, President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.govisland.com\/html\/home\/home.shtml\">Trust for Governor&#8217;s Island<\/a> regularly sends our posts to her staff to spark ideas for the island&#8217;s programming. The island is home to a number of projects that embody &#8216;the improvised life&#8217;\u2026Etsy artisans, impromptu games, artist studios; it&#8217;s a unique canvas for out-of-the-box projects, art and happenings. We&#8217;ll be heading there in a couple of weeks to check it out.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Andy Didorosi, an entrepeneur in Detroit has been renovating <a href=\"http:\/\/welovepaperstreet.com\/\">Paper Street,<\/a> his 22,000 sq\/ft small business incubator, using ideas he culled from &#8216;the improvised life&#8217;. We&#8217;ve been discussing about designing something special for the space.<\/p>\n<p>And just recently, our good friend Ana invited us to blog AND help with the renovation of the 900 square-foot, full-of-potential-and-in-need-of-work apartment she bought in Harlem. She has big ideas and is working under a really tight budget, just the constraints we love. She envisions it being something of a laboratory for &#8216;improvised life&#8217; principles and ideas, and we&#8217;re thrilled. \u00a0There&#8217;ll be lots of Before\/In Process\/and Afters.\u00a0Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>What would you do if you had an island as a canvas? An industrial space?&#8230;An apartment?&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months, &#8216;the improvised life&#8217; has been contacted by some very interesting folks who are implementing our ideas into their work. 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