AT&T Long Lines Building (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / Hoboken / New York City, New York / Thomas Street, 33
 skyscraper, 1974_construction, telephone exchange building
551-foot, 29-story brutalist-style telecom switching station completed in 1974. Designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associates, the height of each floor is 18 feet -- almost double that of the normal office building -- and there are thus only 29 stories altogether due to the building's technical nature. In effect, it rises to 50 stories. The building is an almost windowless concrete slab (for the security and protection of the expensive equipment inside), and is clad in pink-colored Swedish granite with six large protrusions which rise to the top, giving the building a castle-like appearance. These shafts house elevators, stairs and ductwork. On the 10th and 29th floors there are series of large, protruding ventilation openings.

Warnecke designed the structure to resist a nuclear fallout and made it self-sufficient for 1,500 people to survive inside its walls for two weeks, with water and food for the occupants and 250,000 gallons of fuel to power generators.

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Coordinates:   40°42'59"N   74°0'21"W

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  • Its a huge skyscraper with no windows. Kinda creepy looking.
  • Verizon+AT&T+Data Center(Present Operations)
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