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NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Landmarks Preservation Commission recognizes mid-century gems
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to give the three 30-story residential towers north of Houston Street and east of West Broadway known as the Silver Towers complex landmark status.The complex, formerly known as University Village is the first post-war urban renewal superblock development in New York City to be landmarked. Silver Towers is considered one of the finer examples of the work of James Ingo Freed of I. M. Pei & Associates, one of the most respected and influential architects of the late 20th Century.
The Commission also accorded landmark status to the William Lescaze-designed Morris B. Sanders Studio and Apartment building at 219 East 49th Street in Turtle Bay Gardens and the annex of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America at 105 East 17th Street and 108 East 18th Street.The Turtle Bay townhouse, recognizable for its modernity and use of blue brick and glass blocks, was built in in 1935. The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America annex was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill in 1963. The four-story building is recognizable for its silvery anodized aluminum facades and large windows, an aesthetic the Commissioner Fred Blank called "a great example of the International Style."
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