The much-anticipated Massachussetts Museum of Contemporary Art has opened in North Adams with an installation by former Talking Head David Byrne. MassMOCA has been in the works for more than ten years. It takes over an old electronics factory (before that it was a textile mill - the buildings date back to the 19th century) that closed leaving 4000 townspeople out of work. While other rust belt towns have pinned hopes for economic revival on gambling...North Adams is counting on tourism fueled by cutting edge art. Charlene Scott, of member station W-F-C-R, reports.
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