Robot Building

The Instruments of Science, Part I

author: procyon : Argonne, IL
Sunday, September 24th, 2006

Toronto Night

author: jeeff : Toronto, ON
Friday, October 21st, 2005

Menacing Building

author: Peter : New York, NY
Monday, October 10th, 2005

33 Thomas: Robot Building

author: CartLegger : New York, NY

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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