Kips Bay Towers
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Kips Bay Towers is a 1,118-unit, two-building condominium complex in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, New York. The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler,
North Building (2010)
A three-acre private garden is located between the two 20-story apartment towers.
Opened in 1986, Greenberg Hall houses students from the NYU School of Medicine.
The buildings contain reinforced concrete facades.
First Avenue (Manhattan)
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First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan, running from Houston Street northbound to 127th Street. At 125th Street, most traffic continues o
Kips Bay Towers
…but was converted to condominiums in the mid-1980s. The complex occupies an area of three city blocks, or approximately 7.5 acres (3.0 ha), bounded by First and Second avenues and East 30th and 33rd streets and includes two residential high-rise buildings each with 20 floors. Additionally, there is a…
Looking south down 1st Avenue from the Roosevelt Island Tramway
Bike lane on First Avenue
Looking south on First Avenue from 13th Street during the demolition of the Second Avenue El in September 1942
United Nations headquarters at First Avenue and 42nd Street