Westbeth is the oldest and largest artists’ community in the world, located in the former Bell Telephone Research Lab in Greenwich Village. Long the site of innovations in science and technology, the same energy of invention and creativity is now channeled into the 500 artists who live and work in this historic site. Based on interviews with artists as old as 98 and those who spent their childhood in Westbeth, this book tells of a community of artists who have left an indelible mark in the world of the arts, the social justice struggles of the past 50 years, and on the city of New York.
Book Cover Photo Courtesy of Frankie Alduino
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead