Starting in 2025, Westbeth will embark on a major renovation which will result in new roofs on the C, D, and G buildings, installation of 660 new wood windows, new elevators, renovated building facades, and modernized heating, water distribution, and fire safety systems. In an effort to document elements of the property that will look different once construction is complete, Westbeth management asked longtime resident David Plakke to photograph these impacted areas. Six of these photos have been temporarily installed on windows in the inner courtyard.
– Peter Madden Westbeth Executive Director

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David Plakke Westbeth Inner Courtyard 2024

David Plakke Westbeth Boiler Room 2024

David Plakke Fourth Floor Roof 1 2024

David Plakke Fourth Floor Roof 2 2024

David Plakke Fourth Floor Roof 3 2024

David Plakke Fourth Floor Roof 4 / Charlie's Roof 2024

Photo: Odessa Chin-Santana
David Plakke in front of exhibit in inner courtyard.

David Plakke
David is a photographer, videographer and musician.
“Tribes is one of my personal projects that I’ve been working on now for 15 years; people and their stories. The photos are nice but the meat is in each person’s story.”
http://www.tribesnyc.com/photography
Click on thumbnail to access each participant’s story.