I went past this place hundreds of times on the Express Bus on my way to work for years. Other than checking out the architecture and wondering why there wasn't a single window I never thought much about it until I saw a couple of articles about it a about a year or so ago.
Who knew a building owned by AT&T was an NSA surveillance Hub since 1974?
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/the-nsas-spy-hub-in-new-york-hidden-in-plain-sight/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street
Oh, and make sure you watch the 10 minute video embedded in the first link.
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