American Copper Buildings

The Copper (formerly known as American Copper Buildings and 626 First Avenue) is a complex consisting of two luxury residential skyscrapers in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The buildings were developed by JDS Development and were designed by SHoP Architects with interiors by SHoP and K&Co. The buildings are one of several major collaborations between JDS and SHoP; others include 111 West 57th Street, also in Manhattan, and The Brooklyn Tower in Brooklyn. The site of the two towers was originally a lot that hosted Consolidated Edison's Kips Bay Generating Station. The developer Sheldon Solow bought the generating station's site and resold a portion of the site to JDS in 2013. JDS built the American Copper Buildings from 2014 to 2016; American Copper West opened in April 2017, and American Copper East opened in late 2018. The facade is clad in copper and glass, and the structures are designed so they appear to bend toward each other. The two towers are connected by a three-story skybridge, which includes some of the buildings' amenity spaces. The buildings are residential and include 761 rental units, 20% of which are affordable.

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