Woodshop
Right outside our back door on the other side of the hall is this unofficial communal wood shop area. This was an unused part of the basement where some folks set up some table saws and chop saws to avoid filling their living space with sawdust.
Backyard Garden Area
This is the riverside backyard garden area. It’s a dog free zone where it’s safe to go barefoot if you’re so inclined. A good place for a BBQ or to hang with friends for happy hour.
Patio Space
This blacktopped area right outside our windows isn’t used much which leaves it mostly for us to use as our own back yard. We keep our gas grill and patio furniture out here all season long!
amazing place. jobe very well done.
this is pretty much what my husband and i are looking for. he works in NYC, we live in westchester (AAAACHHHH!!!!). after 10 years of san francisco i cannot even begin to tolerate this culture of 4 $100,000 vehicles per household and only giving to charity when you get to dress up and go to a big party at the MET to be recognize for it.
our tenative planning has been to get a small apt in NYC, then move our main residence to the berkshires or woodstock–somewhere within a few hours to do on the weekends. the problem is that i am now in a wheelchair part of the time and he doesn’t want me alone all week. i paint, so i suggested a live/work solution.
the only problem is that we will have a dog. usually a wolfhound (big, quiet, good to lean on when i’m walking). we also treat him as a family member-goes with me everywhere, and of course he is cleaned up after (we DID live in san francisco!)
SO, 2 questions really: how dog unfriendly is the community? and is this wheelchair accesible?
Hi Kimberly,
I replied by e-mail yesterday but my wife said she’d been seeing warnings about overzealous spam filtering on Yahoo e-mails and was worried you might not receive it so I thought I’d post it here too as a backup:
Hi Kimberly,
We have an elevator and handicapped parking and since I used to design wheelchair lifts most parts of the buildout are fairly accessible even though we didn’t require it. Doors are at least 36″ and the showers are not ramped but have low thresholds. The master shower is a generous 4×4 ft. I think the master BR would be great from a wheelchair since it was designed for privacy without doors on both the bathroom and the huge 10 x 17 closet.
The people in the building are dog friendly but not all of the dogs are. However I doubt they’d argue much with Dogzilla. ;-) This also happens to be the only unit with direct access to the back yard but there are about 5 or so steps and a heavy door.
With 40 units there’s always other people around. The Building is never empty.
If you come to look at it feel free to bring the dog with you. I love Wolfhounds and you could see how the space works for all of you.
Brian
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Hi Brian: I grew up in North Adams and left when I was 22. Yes, of course, I go home yearly to see my family. I know this building well, but as a factory of course. When I lived there as a kid, all the factories were booming. I can remember leaving school and seeing all the employees powering out of work. Well times have certainly changed and to see these beautiful buildings still is use makes my heart feel good. Great job on the renovation. I am sure it will break your heart to sell.