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Despite being a single building it is named in the plural: "Central Towers." Ridiculous!

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In downtown Rochester, Minnesota, on September 3rd, 2023, was the Central Towers apartment building containing subsidized senior housing at the northeast corner of 1st Avenue Northwest and 2nd Street Northwest, built in 1980 according to Olmsted County's online property records viewer.

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In downtown Rochester, Minnesota, on September 3rd, 2023, were the Park Towers Apartments, built in 1974 according to Olmsted County's online property records viewer, reserved for seniors and people with disabilities, at the southeast corner of North Broadway Avenue and 1st Street Northeast, as viewed from the northeast corner of 1st Avenue Northeast and 1st Street Northeast.

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The 196 elderly residents of Crystal Towers plead in unison to the building's owner, the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS): "We all live in the same building. There are not multiple towers. Beige bricks are not crystal. Why is a government agency misusing common words with widely understood meanings."

No I'm just kidding. Here is a news article from 2023 that details the building's actual problems.

According to the official documentation of the Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District, "the eleven-story Crystal Towers building is characterized by its alternating vertical bands of brick and window openings that are flanked by projecting vertical cast concrete elements, as well as concrete beltcourses that delineate each floor and a concrete cornice." Okay!

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In downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on April 2nd, 2023, the Crystal Towers (built in 1972, a "contributing property" in the Downtown Winston-Salem Historic District, 100008467 on the National Register of Historic Places) on the north side of West 6th Street, opposite Poplar Street NW.

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It was the Munsey Building housing the Mohican Hotel, and now it is "The Mohican" and contains subsidized senior apartments. The brownish-orange part was built 1896-1898, and the top floors were built in 1916.

My photo assignment was to situate the building at the center of a townscape.

"ALL WASTE."

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In downtown New London, Connecticut, on September 21st, 2021, the Mohican Senior Apartments on the north side of State Street, west of Washington Street, as viewed from the northwest corner of Methodist Street and Union Street. The building is a "contributing property" in the Downtown New London Historic District, 79002665 and 88000070 on the National Register of Historic Places.

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One of the things people like best about the city of Kansas City, Kansas, is: The tallest building in the city's downtown was built in 1951, of all years. Look at those bricks, and that limestone.

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In downtown Kansas City, Kansas, on March 29th, 2022, the Town House subsidized senior apartment building (designed by Eugene John Stern starting in 1929, built 1949-1951 as the Town House Hotel, renamed the Town House Motor Inn in 1965, renamed the Ramada Inn-Center City in 1970, repurposed as subsidized senior housing and renamed the Cross Lines Tower (a/k/a Crossline Towers) in 1979, renamed the Town House circa 2021; 14000352 on the National Register of Historic Places) at the southeast corner of North 7th Street (U.S. Route 69) and State Avenue, as viewed from the south side of Nebraska Avenue.

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Union List of Artist Names IDs:
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Ah the Jefferson Towers: Are these the plural towers of the sign above the door, or is this the singular tower of your goddamn lying eyes.

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In downtown Muskegon, Michigan, on April 13th, 2019, the Jefferson Towers (built 1968) at the northwest corner of Jefferson Street and Houston Avenue.

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It being from 1981 and this being the U.S., I keep imagining I'm seeing "Bette Davis Eyes" looking at me from every balcony and window.

This being senior housing, they're Bette's eyes from late-in-life.

At karaoke or wherever, my style of singing the chorus of "Bette Davis Eyes" is to insert a quick falsetto "Whee!" between the words "got" and "Bette":

♫ She's got--whee!--Bette Davis eyes ♫

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In downtown Muskegon, Michigan, on April 13th, 2019, the Bayview Tower Apartments (completed 1981) at the northeast corner of East Walton Avenue and Spring Street.

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This is among the showiest architectural spectacles of 1975 in the United States. I hope none of the balconies will ever fall off!

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In downtown Rochester, New York, on June 10th, 2021, Andrews Terrace at the northwest corner of St. Paul Street and Bragdon Place, built in 1975 as The Plaza at Genesee Crossroads, later renamed the Plaza Apartments and converted to subsidized senior housing.

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Low income senior housing is a very broad topic and the term “Low Income” can be quite relative. Something that is affordable to one senior household may not be affordable to another. For the most part, however, an elderly person (or household) that is on a low, fixed monthly income that receives no other outside financial support and has less than $5,000 in assets is usually considered to be a low income senior household. Beyond that, each program will impose specific income and age limits along with other eligibility criteria to determine whether they qualify for that particular program.

Read more: www.senioridy.com/senior-topics/how-to-find-low-income-se...

According to my research, the U.S.'s ~25-30-year period of construction of imposing concrete- or brick-façaded apartment tower blocks reached its end in the 1980s. From the late 1980s, high-rise apartment buildings would generally have glass façades, and their availability would mainly be restricted to rich people. I assume Ronald Reagan's people had something to do with this.

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In downtown Denver, Colorado, on February 9th, 2018, the "Halcyon House" apartments, erected 1981, at the southwest corner of 20th Street and Arapahoe Street.

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The picture is centered on the pile. Nice!

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In downtown Denver, Colorado, on February 9th, 2018, at the "Halcyon House" apartments, erected 1981, at the southwest corner of 20th Street and Arapahoe Street.

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