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Interviewee: Kate, Pearl Paint employee, middle aged caucasian woman., 5:30pm

How many years have you worked at Pear?
---7 years

Do you like working here?
---Of Course!! (Laughing)

I promise this is just for school, I'm not a mole sent by the
higher-ups...
---(still laughing)

What do you think the clientelle is mostly... artists, students
hobbyists?
---toss up, (pauses) because people think they're artists.

Do you think the clientelle has changed over the past 
seven years?
---fewer artists.

How do you define an artist?
---someone who works to make art, not doing it just for 
fun. I guess. 

Are you an artist?
---yes.

What's your medium?
---many.

Do you work on the paints and brushes floor because you paint?
---I do mostly painting yes.

Do you get your supplies at Pearl?
---Of Course! (laughing, again)

Anywhere else on Canal street? Canal Plastics?
---no.

Do you like the neighborhood?
---probably not.

Would you ever want to live on Canal Street?
--No WAY!!

2 (txt).
Plastics, Rubber and Foam were the main industries of Canal Street. If you stand outside Canal Plastics you can still see signs advertising these products.