Silver Towers - University Village (New York City, New York)

Silver Towers is a complex of three 275-foot, 30-story Brutalist towers designed by I.M. Pei in collaboration with James Ingo Freed. New York University had these towers built from 1964-1966. Two of the towers are owned and run by NYU and rented out to faculty and staff: Silver Tower I, located at 110 Bleecker Street, and Silver Tower II, at 100 Bleecker Street. The third tower, at 505 LaGuardia Place, is a middle-income housing cooperative. The complex was originally known as University Village and University Plaza until being renamed Silver Towers.

Included in the 5.5-acre superblock are the Coles Sports and Recreation Center, and the Morton Williams Associated Supermarket. The courtyard contains a statue based on Picasso's 'Bust of Sylvette'. The building offers doorman services as well as on-site laundry facilities. Modern wayfinding signage was added by Gensler for the complex.

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