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811 Tenth Avenue (also called the AT&T Switching Center) is a 370-foot-tall (110 m) skyscraper in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City's Manhattan borough. It was designed by Kahn & Jacobs and completed in 1964, occupying the full block of 10th Avenue's western side between West 53rd and West 54th Streets. Windowless and designed to withstand a nuclear blast, it was built by AT&T to house telephone switching equipment. "It was the first of several windowless buildings to be constructed" by the telecommunications company in Manhattan, "and it caused considerable controversy", the New York Times wrote in 1975.
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| dbo:abstract | 811 Tenth Avenue (also called the AT&T Switching Center) is a 370-foot-tall (110 m) skyscraper in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City's Manhattan borough. It was designed by Kahn & Jacobs and completed in 1964, occupying the full block of 10th Avenue's western side between West 53rd and West 54th Streets. Windowless and designed to withstand a nuclear blast, it was built by AT&T to house telephone switching equipment. "It was the first of several windowless buildings to be constructed" by the telecommunications company in Manhattan, "and it caused considerable controversy", the New York Times wrote in 1975. After 1985, it was used by the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens under its Fairview surveillance program. In 2000, AT&T upgraded the facility from a "hardened Telco data center" to an "AT&T Internet Data Center," according to an AT&T fact sheet on the facility. As of 2014, it contains four 2,000-kilowatt generators, along with three 20,000-gallon storage tanks for fuel oil, to provide power during interruptions to the grid. (en) 811 Tenth Avenue (también llamado AT&T Switching Center) es un rascacielos de 112 m en el vecindario Hell's Kitchen del distrito de Manhattan en la ciudad de Nueva York. Fue diseñado por Kahn & Jacobs y terminado en 1964, ocupando la cuadra completa del lado oeste de la Décima Avenida entre las calles 53 W y . Sin ventanas y diseñado para resistir una explosión nuclear, fue construido por AT&T para albergar equipos de conmutación telefónica. "Fue el primero de varios edificios sin ventanas construidos" por la compañía de telecomunicaciones en Manhattan, "y causó una controversia considerable", escribió el The New York Times en 1975. Después de 1985, fue utilizado por la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional para espiar a los ciudadanos estadounidenses bajo su programa de vigilancia Fairview. En 2000, AT&T actualizó la instalación de un "centro de datos Telco fortalecido" a un "Centro de datos de Internet de AT&T", según una hoja informativa de AT&T sobre la instalación. A partir de 2014, contiene cuatro generadores de 2000 kilovatios, junto con tres tanques de almacenamiento de 20 000 galones para fuel oil, para proporcionar energía durante las interrupciones de la red. (es) |
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| rdfs:comment | 811 Tenth Avenue (also called the AT&T Switching Center) is a 370-foot-tall (110 m) skyscraper in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City's Manhattan borough. It was designed by Kahn & Jacobs and completed in 1964, occupying the full block of 10th Avenue's western side between West 53rd and West 54th Streets. Windowless and designed to withstand a nuclear blast, it was built by AT&T to house telephone switching equipment. "It was the first of several windowless buildings to be constructed" by the telecommunications company in Manhattan, "and it caused considerable controversy", the New York Times wrote in 1975. (en) 811 Tenth Avenue (también llamado AT&T Switching Center) es un rascacielos de 112 m en el vecindario Hell's Kitchen del distrito de Manhattan en la ciudad de Nueva York. Fue diseñado por Kahn & Jacobs y terminado en 1964, ocupando la cuadra completa del lado oeste de la Décima Avenida entre las calles 53 W y . Sin ventanas y diseñado para resistir una explosión nuclear, fue construido por AT&T para albergar equipos de conmutación telefónica. "Fue el primero de varios edificios sin ventanas construidos" por la compañía de telecomunicaciones en Manhattan, "y causó una controversia considerable", escribió el The New York Times en 1975. (es) |
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