Many of you have not doubt seen this mysterious and imposing structure jutting out death-star like from the streets of lower manhattan. Its an AT&T telephone switch hub for lower Manhattan. When it was built, it was built to survive--with a two week power supply and no windows, so all inside would be shielded from the feared Soviet nukes and dreaded fallout. Of course, now there are other fears, less tech, more tenuous, that weigh on us. A friend of mine, who grew up with a roof in the west village told me that within the urban mythos of his friends, it...

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Even if you have not read about it for a while, its coming. We've seen its stretching iron frame, waking from the winter unseen. And we found where it will grow. This spot was hiding behind an iron fence, but its not now. Many taggers are aware of this. Get there while you can, as it will soon be sealed off or a lost memory under something under something ugly.

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