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AT&T Switching Center
811 10th Avenue at West 53rd Street
New York City NY United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Finished | 1964 | | Floor Count | 21 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - telecom hotel | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - brutalist | | Materials | | - granite | | - concrete |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Antenna | | 440 ft | | | | | | | | | | Roof | | 370 ft | | | | | | | | | | Main roof | | 340 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
- Architect: Kahn & Jacobs
- The building was originally built for the New York Telephone Company, and housed the companies telecommunications equipment.
- The structure, like many telecommunications buildings, was designed to withstand considerable blasts and nuclear fall-out.
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| Companies | | | Kahn & Jacobs | - | Architect |
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Drawing by Lior I.
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