Galaxy Towers
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Galaxy Towers, also known as the Galaxy Towers Condominium Association or "GTCA", are a trio of 415 feet (126.5 m) octagonal towers are located in the southeastern corner of Guttenberg
, New Jersey
, USA
, overlooking the Hudson River
. They were erected in the late 1970s, and contain a mix of condominiums, retail, and office space, including 1,075 apartments. The Brutalist style
complex were designed by byGruzon and Partners and developed by Prudential Insurance Company. Access to the Galaxy is via a circular tree-lined driveway at Boulevard East
on top of the Hudson Palisades.
Guttenberg, New Jersey
Guttenberg , is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the town population was 11,176. Only four blocks wide, Guttenberg is one of the smallest municipalities in New Jersey and the most densely populated incorporated place in the...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, overlooking the Hudson River
Hudson River
The Hudson is a river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. The highest official source is at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains. The river itself officially begins in Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York...
. They were erected in the late 1970s, and contain a mix of condominiums, retail, and office space, including 1,075 apartments. The Brutalist style
Brutalist architecture
Brutalist architecture is a style of architecture which flourished from the 1950s to the mid 1970s, spawned from the modernist architectural movement.-The term "brutalism":...
complex were designed by byGruzon and Partners and developed by Prudential Insurance Company. Access to the Galaxy is via a circular tree-lined driveway at Boulevard East
Boulevard East
Boulevard East is a two-way, mostly two lane, scenic thoroughfare in the North Hudson, New Jersey municipalities of Weehawken, West New York, Guttenberg and North Bergen. Apart from small sections at either end, the road runs along the crest of the Hudson Palisades, affording it views of the Hudson...
on top of the Hudson Palisades.