10 comments. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the evilbuildings community, If the building could be the home to a super villain or evil corporation, it belongs here This thread is archived. Not unless you want us both to be put on a list. 33 Thomas Street: Design of the building . Formerly called the Long Lines Building, and owned by AT&T, it was designed as a telephone and communications exchange, able to withstand a nuclear attack. Her play ENGAGEMENTS opened at Second Stage Uptown in 2016. Those "ventilation ports" at the top probably housed microwave horns when it was built. This building just radiates evil and bad vibes. Archived. A windowless skyscraper in the heart of New York City may be the secret Manhattan surveillance hub of the US National Security Agency (NSA), The Intercept has reported. Sort by. 2 years ago. It stands on the east side of Church Street, between Thomas and Worth Streets, in the Civic Center neighborhood of New York City. However — taken together with architectural plans, public records, and interviews with former AT&T employees conducted for this article — they provide compelling evidence that 33 Thomas Street has served as an NSA surveillance site, code-named TITANPOINTE. Also, since those two buildings are primarily occupied by equipment and not people, the windows aren't really necessary. This is actually The Men In Black's new headquarters after 'O' stepped down. The former AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street is a 550-foot (167.5 meter) tall skyscraper in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, United States. [ ^PM | Exclude ^me | Exclude from ^subreddit | FAQ / ^Information | ^Source ] Downvote to remove | v0.27, Non-Mobile link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street?wprov=sfla1, HelperBot v1.1 r/HelperBot_ I am a bot. 33 Thomas Street. Construction began in 1969, and by 1974, the skyscraper was completed. Oh god, 29 STORIES. The Long Lines Building was designed by architect John Carl Warnecke and completed in 1974. It was in fact used for the exterior shots. or maybe just anything evil By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. He co-directed the 2007 documentary film Good Copy Bad Copy and has produced several award-winning long-format radio documentaries and cross-media features. There must be a reason!
It is also important to note that the architect of the building, late John Warnecke, was a talented architect that the United States government had an immense amount of trust in.He has designed the US Naval Academy and the Hart Senate Office Building. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I believe it has to do with reducing costs for heating/cooling the building. "...was designed to be self-sufficient and protected from nuclear fallout for up to two weeks after a nuclear blast. Addison Godel is an architectural historian working on his Ph.D. at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 33 Thomas Street - 29 stores, No Windows, Only Ventilation Ports. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street?wprov=sfla1. 33 Thomas Street - 29 stores, No Windows, Only Ventilation Ports. Anyway, it's still pretty evil. On Wednesday, we reported that top-secret documents indicate there is an NSA spy hub inside the massive, windowless skyscraper at 33 Thomas Street, used … New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. share. His research concerns the role of architecture as a point of political interface between urban populations and large technological systems, focusing on case studies from New York City in the decades following World War II. Concrete walls are much cheaper to maintain than glass, but more importantly, they're much less likely to break and expose expensive and critical equipment to the elements. There's another building similar to this also in Hell's Kitchen all the way on the west side. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. The former AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street is a 550-foot (167.5 meter) tall skyscraper in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, United States. 33 Thomas Street, a distinctive brutalist skyscraper with no windows, is located few steps away from Swiss Institute. ATT Long lines building. save hide report. As it was built to house telephone switching equipment, the average floor height is 18 feet (5.5 m), considerably taller than in an average high-rise. The building plays a central role in Frank Heath’s The Hollow Coin (2016), currently on view at Swiss Institute, and has attracted significant interest over the past few years, from researchers, storytellers, artists and activists. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street?wprov=sfla1. Today, it can be found in the heart of lower Manhattan at 33 Thomas Street, a … The floors are also unusually strong, designed to carry 200-to-300-pound-force-per-square-foot (9.6 to 14.4 kPa) live loads. Moltke won the 2014 Danish Investigative Journalism Award and was nominated for the Cavling Prize, the most prestigious award in Danish journalism. Someone answered you, but you can always try over at r/asknyc too.
The Verizon building by Brooklyn Bridge was the same way until they started remodeling the outside and adding glass windows recently. If you’re in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan take a stroll down Thomas Street, where you’ll notice one of the buildings is a lot more terrifying than the others. 113.
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