Dark truth behind New York’s 29-story windowless skyscraper and why people think it’s hiding something

In the heart of Manhattan, a 550-foot tower with no windows has captured public imagination for decades. Once a Cold War-era AT&T telephone switching hub built to survive a nuclear blast, the building now fuels speculation about digital infrastructure and surveillance. With multiple similar AT&T sites across the US, the mystery persists, partly because these structures were designed to operate silently, and stay unseen.

Dark truth behind New York’s 29-story windowless skyscraper and why people think it’s hiding something
In the heart of Manhattan, a 550-foot tower with no windows has captured public imagination for decades. Once a Cold War-era AT&T telephone switching hub built to survive a nuclear blast, the building now fuels speculation about digital infrastructure and surveillance. With multiple similar AT&T sites across the US, the mystery persists, partly because these structures were designed to operate silently, and stay unseen.