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- Dec 31, 201850% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
American Copper Buildings Complete on Manhattan's East River
- The American Copper Buildings (now The Copper, 626 First Avenue) are two copper-clad towers on Manhattan's East River by SHoP Architects for JDS Development, with 761 rental apartments, 20% affordable[2][3]
- The west tower is 540 ft (48 floors) and the east 470 ft (41 floors), on the former Con Edison Kips Bay Generating Station site[2]
- Construction began in mid-2014, skybridge installation began in January 2016, the west tower opened in April 2017 and the east tower in late 2018[2]
- The three-storey glass skybridge, about 300 ft above ground, uses double-insulating glass by Glas Trosch and houses a lap pool, lounge and shared amenities; it is described as the highest in Manhattan and the first built in decades[2][3]
- Linking the towers lets mechanical systems and amenities be shared; the angled forms were chosen for a sculptural reading, and the copper develops a natural patina[3]
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- [1]50%youtube.com/watch?v=r8HlkIXnnQYyoutube.com· Posted Sep 14, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2018 ✓· 50% of score
Dated to the end of 2018 because the sources give only a period: the east tower opened "late 2018", completing the pair (the west tower opened in April 2017). The skybridge itself was installed from January 2016.
- [2]75%The Copper (building) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 14, 2026· 50% of score
Wikipedia states skybridge installation "began in January 2016" but gives no exact completion date, noting the west tower opened April 2017 and the east tower "late 2018" - consistent with, but not a precise confirmation of, the pin's stored 1 September 2018 completion date.
- [3]82%The glass skybridge linking American Copper Buildings - Domusdomusweb.it· Published Sep 1, 2018· 0% of score
Domus's headline, "The Glass Skybridge Linking American Copper Buildings", with a stored 1 September 2018 publish date, matches the pin's stored date exactly on this Italian architecture and design outlet, though the page itself could not be fetched (blocked domain).[1]
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