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Telco worker here. These sort of exchanges in big cities are usually built from solid concrete to minimise damage from these sort of attacks - either from warfa
by iridium_core 6y ago
Telco worker here. These sort of exchanges in big cities are usually built from solid concrete to minimise damage from these sort of attacks - either from warfare or terrorism. At least, for buildings built during the world wars or cold war.
Here's an exchange in Melbourne: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHeHncO6W4U/ThpRVvEhXHI/AAAAAAAAJn4/3OvieNPtPbQ/s1600/telstra-brutalist-telephone-exchange-sydney-city.JPG https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gHeHncO6W4U/ThpRVvEhXHI/AAAAAAAAJ...
Built with solid concrete and with thin windows.
- voxadam 6y agoMy favorite example is 33 Thomas Street in NYC.[1] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street
- phendrenad2 6y agoOnce you see them (which started for me when I read about the secret NSA data tap room some At&T worker discovered), you can't unsee them. They're pretty cool. I'm actually really surprised that there was ANY damage at all. If you look at the photos of the building post-blast, it barely looks scratched. In fact the news has been focusing on pictures of the burned-out vehicles outside on the street, because the damage to the building is so underwhelming.