Seabury Cooperative Housing

Built in 1972, the Seabury Cooperative Housing complex consists of two drastically different looking modernist buildings and a parking lot. One building is a traditional, high rise style rectangular 7 story apartment complex. The other is rectangular shaped as well, yet only two and a half stories tall. The housing complex was built with its intended purpose as an apartment building, and it has served that purpose since its completion in 1972. Even though the two buildings look very different, their architectural style is very similar, as they are both made of concrete blocks with narrow vertical ribs. The modernist era is characterized by a lack of ornament and open structures, both of which can be seen in the Seabury Cooperative Housing complex. There is no ornament on the facade of either building, and the rectangular structures provide the most open space within the building itself.