The Kips Bay Plaza apartment complex is located between East 30th and 33rd Streets and First and Second Avenues in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The south building, seen here from First Avenue below 30th Street, was built in 1960, and the north building in 1965. Designed by I. M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, these were New York City's first exposed concrete apartment buildings. (Source: AIA Guide to NYC (4th ed.))‹›
Kips Bay Towers

I. M. Pei

Exterior · New York City, United States · 1965

Photo: Beyond My Ken · 2011-03-04 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2060×1704

The Kips Bay Plaza apartment complex is located between East 30th and 33rd Streets and First and Second Avenues in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The south building, seen here from First Avenue below 30th Street, was built in 1960, and the north building in 1965. Designed by I. M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, these were New York City's first exposed concrete apartment buildings. (Source: AIA Guide to NYC (4th ed.))

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