Westbeth Artists Housing — Attraction in New York

What an old concept begging for redo with only saving grace is beautiful gallery for exhibits. For residents a mixed bag of value with few younger having much better units than the dinosaurs aging in place giving parts an old age home sense only would be condemned. Open house artist walk too rare and needs many stops to find the few good work being done. But then curating good art to be admitted and continue to reside in rare subsidized housing are asynchronous. Many lost inventory and workspace in the great flood of Sandy but for some it was a bittersweet result for their accumulated work will never sell or be appreciated and an albatross but you can't tell someone that. Someone should write the soap opera of the lives of many with great experiences to share. Hard to get to and parking the worst in now trendy glass and steel forest of chic surrounding the old warehouses turned into a good idea at the time. Good luck to...

A friend lives in this famous artists' building and his studio apartment is on the small side but he loves it. Also, an old acquintance, a classical composer, lives here with his piano and his beautiful apartment has very tall ceilings.

Westbeth is a great place for working artists that is affordable since Manhattan rents are expensive.

Although I have moved abroad, forsaking Manhattan after many years, I still have several friends who live in WestBeth, and they are happy to be in this building.

Some apartments at WestBeth have Hudson River views, and the West Village neighborhood is quiet, with a D'Agastino supermarket and a smattering of good neighborhood...

I went here as part of Open House New York weekend. There are studios open on a regular basis. It's great to have and affordable place that artists can live and work at. There seemed to be a good mixture of different types of art displayed. Be aware that the building is under construction to repair damages from Sandy. When I was there maps were available to help you navigate your way around, this was needed since there are several buildings and finding you way around...