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Room 641A
The AT&T Long Lines Building is known for its stark and imposing appearance, characterized by its concrete facade and minimalistic design. It has very few windows and a monolithic presence, which is typical of Brutalist architecture. The building's purpose was to house long-distance telephone equipment and provide a secure and reliable infrastructure for communication services.
There is a conspiracy theory known as "Room 641A," which connects certain aspects of alleged mass surveillance to the AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street in New York City. This theory suggests that the building houses a major interception facility where the NSA, in collaboration with AT&T, carries out widespread surveillance of internet communications.
The theory gained attention after the initial revelations by Edward Snowden in 2013. Some conspiracy theorists claim that Room 641A, located within the AT&T Long Lines Building, is a secret NSA surveillance facility where internet traffic is intercepted and monitored. However, it's important to note that these claims lack concrete evidence, and AT&T and the NSA have not confirmed the existence of such a specific facility.
Some even claim that the building is resistant to nuclear attacks.
The AT&T Long Lines Building at 33 Thomas Street in New York City, like many structures built during the Cold War era, was designed with a focus on resilience and security. While it's true that the building is robust and constructed with reinforced concrete, leading to its perception as a fortress-like structure, claims that it can survive a nuclear explosion are likely exaggerated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
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shout out to brutalism and surrealism for having names that actually help you remember what the movement was about
un-shout out to expressionism, art deco and new wave for their completely fucking useless names all art is decoration and expression THOSE NAMES DONT HELP ME
#tbt Union Station #3 this was my first attempt doing stairs going down with both natural and artificial lighting, something that I still find challenging. . . . #paintingoftheday #geometric #perspective #painting (at Union Station)
Many windows - many life #kyivstar #dneprgram #dnepr #ukraine #brutal_architecture #brutalism #brutalist #architecturelovers #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #blachandwhiteigers #modernism #modern #building #buildinglover #building_shotz #skyscraper #skyscrapers
Kyivstar building #kyivstar #dneprgram #dnepr #ukraine #vsco #brutal_architecture #brutalism #brutalist #architecturelovers #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #blachandwhiteigers #modernism #modern #building #buildinglover #building_shotz #skyscraper #skyscrapers
Life in details #windows #kyivstar #dneprgram #dnepr #ukraine #brutal_architecture #brutalism #brutalist #architecturelovers #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #blachandwhiteigers #modernism #modern #building #buildinglover #building_shotz #skyscraper #skyscrapers
Iron Fountain Location: Gyumri, Armenia Completed: 1982 Architect: Artur Tarkhanyan
one thing about me is I love brutalism. I love concrete. I love not living in a house with cardboard walls and I love looking at a building and thinking this imposing boy would survive a nuclear war
i’m obsessed with the politics of architecture it’s not even a far stretch to say that one of the biggest hurtles a socialist project in the united states would have to face isn’t even the police state or the bourgeois media it’s the landscape
Klinikum am Urban (Urban Hospital), Kreuzberg, Berlin