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Plaza 400 Apartments

Creator(s)

architectural firm: Philip Birnbaum & Associates (American, active 20th century)

Time period

creation date: 1967

Location

Site: New York (New York, United States)

Cultural context

American

Description

400 East 56th Street, Manhattan, New York, NY 10022

aerial view, Sky Top Terrace, 2010

Work type

Apartment house

Medium

concrete

Keywords

Apartment houses

Cooperative housing

Architecture, Modern --20th century

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Architecture, American

Residential architecture

High-rise apartment buildings

Decks (uncovered spaces)

Aerial photography --United States

Type

Image

Rights

© Alex S. MacLean / Landslides

Access rights

Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only

Persistent Link

https://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/82204