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It's a bit a lot of things. I can't find when the building was built, but I'm guessing the 60s/70s, so pretty much the height of brutalist architecture. Basical
by icegreentea 13y ago
It's a bit a lot of things. I can't find when the building was built, but I'm guessing the 60s/70s, so pretty much the height of brutalist architecture. Basically, very hard geometric forms, heavy on repetition, lots of concrete. There's a lot of that type of stuff sitting around, especially on university campuses.
It appears to be have been actually designed for use as a telephone switching center, for which windows actually are mostly useless. Should take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street, another telephone exchange in NYC. It is literally a window-less skyscraper.
- dm2 13y ago33 Thomas Street is an awesome building, self-sufficient, radiation hardened, and 18 foot ceilings.
- nostromo 13y agoMost big cities have a communications building like this. My favorite one is in NYC: 33 Thomas Street. It looks like it was designed to be the capitol of a dystopian megalopolis. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/33_Thomas_Sidewalk_View.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/33_Thoma... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/33_Thomas_Street_December_1991.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/33_Thoma... Speaking of dystopia... I bet it houses a spy room just like the one in SF!
- sneak 13y agoEverything about this comment is perfect, down to your username.
- cavemanklaus 13y agoReminds me of the film Equilibrium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium_(film) very imposing building!