Crane Studios in Long Island City was condemned to become something other than the warren den of hundreds of artists. So paintings and sculptures were packed...
...a bathroom pretended it had been abandoned years ago...
...people traded discarded heaters and fans...
...little messages prepared to become obsolete...
...the view stayed the same at least just for today...
...and as a late husband's work embedded in the old walls was lamented,the graffiti lingered behind.
Crane Street Studios
Westbeth, Punk, and the Golden Age of Hip-Hop: SD50
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Westbeth Artist Housing opened in 1970. It is located in the Far West
Village, and spans an entire city block bounded by Washington, Bank, West
and Bethu...
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