SUMMARY FOR ARTICLE

The impacts of culture-led flagship projects on local communities in the context of post-socialist tallinn. In post-socialist Central and Eastern Europe, the effects of urban culture-led flagship projects on the quality of life of local neighbourhood communities have only received marginal attention, while the overriding focus has been on promoting economic growth and internationalisation. Especially when carried out in a neoliberal context regeneration in fact affected property prices and increased rent levels leading to residential and entrepreneurial gentrification the deterioration of local communities and the spread of luxurious services and class-based leisure facilities Harvey ; Turok ; Vicario and Martnez-Monje ; Sagan and Grabkowska ; Kovcs Wiessner and Zischner ; Lazzeretti and Capone ; Trumbull . As one would expect the open-air free access spaces of the museum were visited by local residents more frequently than the limited-access interior spacesthe local added value deriving from the recreational opportunities these open spaces provide has been crucial to integrating the places with everyday practices. A quality upgrade was most visible in the case of the open-access spaces of the museum as the project opened the waterfront area up to public use.