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["Leon D. Matteis & Sons, Inc.\n\nMatteis Development Corporation; contractor:\nPomerantz & Associates (mechanical); sponsor: De-\nneers: Robert Rosenwasser (structural); Herbert\nL. Karlan; Design Architect: Paul Rudolph; engi-\nTracey Towers, New York City. Architect: Jersal", "will be spectacular.", "views from the partially enclosed terraces\nwhere simplex apartments occur\nwill be largest at those points\nwhere duplex apartments exist\nmostly of educational, park, and reservoir\ngardens of the area, which presently con-\nproject was intended to reflect the street\nThe curvilinear quality of the total\ning.", "surface of his Arts and Architecture Build-\ning to achieve at modest cost the atriated\nsplit-faced concrete block Rudolph de-", "Fascades of all the buildings will be the\nshield the autos from view.", "Parking will be on grade but covered by\na trellis upon which vines will be planted to", "The townhouses will vary in height\nmostly duplex apartments, each having its\nfrom two to three stories, and will contain\nown enclosed court (see plan).", "first (Rudolph was opposed to pie-shaped", "to the circular tower the sponsor desired at\nYork City, and is an innovative compromise\nlarger the vocabulary of housing in New", "The varied shape of the towers en-\nning, recreation, and open space.", "rights platform used for townhouses, park-\nunits placed on solid ground, and an air-\nis inherently economic, with the bulk of the\nstory building, and 36 townhouses. The plan\nsign includes one 40-story building, one 42-\nJerome Subway Yards in the Bronx, the de-", "Given a site adjacent to and over the\ntural problems.\nThis project marks the entrance of Paul", "FOR HIGH-RISE HOUSING\nDESIGN VOCABULARY\nTRACEY TOWERS: WIDER", "townhouse complex.\nThe plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans.", "The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three-story height (see\ndrawing below), giving a vari-\nety of floor plans. The plan of the town-\nvariety.\nThe plan above shows a typical\nfloor in the towers. Each floor\ncontains 12 apartments, with\nhigher floors, than the standard\neach of them having a partially\nenclosed balcony, which the\narchitect feels is more likely\nto be used, especially on the\nfirst floors will all have scat-\nwhere simplex apartments oc-\ncur (shaded area in lower\ncut). The duplexes that are\nabove the simplex will rise\nto a three