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Major Resiliency Project for Iconic Artists' Housing Project Begins

The development suffered considerable damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 when floodwaters poured into Westbeth's basement, flooding the block-square building with nine feet of water.

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on September 25, 2017

Westbeth Artists Housing development in the West Village. Credit: Jack M. Kucy. The Westbeth Artists Housing development in the West Village provides affordable live and work space at the former Bell Laboratories campus. Credit: Jack M. Kucy.

NEW YORK CITY—Construction work has begun on a $40-million resiliency project at the Westbeth Artists Housing development in Greenwich Village to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

The project, funded by the federal Community Development Block Grant -Disaster Recovery funds, administered by the city’s Housing Preservation and Development Multifamily Storm Recovery and Resiliency Program, is also geared at fortifying the Westbeth development from future natural disasters. The groundbreaking for the project was held last week.

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