Way Out Westbeth a Photographic Essay by Leonard Freed Avant-Garde 14 1971

Avant-Garde

NO. 14 (SUMMER 1971)

MARY ELLEN MARK, LAMBERT WINTERS BERGER, WARNER BROWN, DOROTHY BATES, DIETER SCHWERT BERGER, WARREN BOROSON, LEMUEL GULLIVER, LEONARD FREED, FREDERICK L. BOYLE, ANNA & ANTHON BEEKE, PIETER BRATTINGA, ED VAN DER ELSKEN, GEERT KOOIMAN , SEYMOUR KRIM

Issue of the periodical Avant-Garde featuring 8 page photo-essay by Mary Ellen Mark, titled "High Time," documenting hipsters of the era shooting up. Additional contributions by Lambert Wintersberger, Warner Brown, Dorothy Bates, Dieter Schwertberger, Warren Boroson, Lemuel Gulliver, Leonard Freed, Frederick L. Boyle, Anna & Anthon Beeke, Pieter Brattinga, Ed van der Elsken, Geert Kooiman, Seymour Krim.

Westbeth Artists Housing, located at 463 West Street in the West Village neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, is the largest such community in the world. This low- to middle-income rental housing project was developed with the assistance of the J.M. Kaplan Fund and federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1968 to house artists, their families, and their studios. The facility considers itself full and is not accepting applications from new artists