AKA: AT&T Long Lines Building, Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City, NY; 33 Thomas Street Building, Tribeca, Manhattan, New York City, NY

Structure Type: built works - commercial buildings - office buildings

Designers: Warnecke, John Carl, and Associates, Architects (firm); John Carl Warnecke Sr. (architect)

Dates: constructed 1972-1974

29 stories

33 Thomas Street
Tribeca, New York, NY 10007

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In 1968, the A, T and T Tower was to occupy a site bounded by Thomas, Worth, and Church Streets and Broadway.

Overview

Originally, the majority of space in this American Telephone and Telegraph Company (A,T and T) facility accommodated sold-state, long-distance switching equipment for telephone service. The building needed to be very strong and secure. Architect John Carl Warnecke designed very high floor heights, about 18 feet on average, to provide space for tall switching equipment. The structure was designed to support the equipment's heavy (approximately 250-pounds-per-square-foot) floor loads.

In later years, some of the space has been given over to data center usage.

Building Notes

Its lack of windows made it a notable building and communicated that it was not for routine live/work habitation.

PCAD id: 21482