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University Village Silver Towers I & II |
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Full Address: 100 and 110 Bleecker St and 505 LaGuardia Pl.; A.A: Silver Towers I & II 96-122 Bleecker St and 26-58 West Houston St; 487-507 L Alternative Address: 505 LaGuardia Place; 487-507 LaGuardia Place; 64-86 West Houston Street, Manhattan, NY Year Built: 1964-67 Year Designated: 2008 Year Published: 2008 Architect: I. M. Pei & Associates Key words: Robert Moses, urban renewal, superblock, middle income housing, Brutalism, fiberglass molds, concrete, NYU, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso, Carl Nesjar, Pritzker Architecture Prize Notes: Part of the large urban renewal scheme conceived by Robert Moses. Architectural Styles: Modern Files: View PDF (2008UniversityVillage.pdf) Subjects: New York Buildings New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Reports: Manhattan Manhattan Greenwich Village Greenwich Village Historic District and Extension |
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