The Secret Behind the Huge, Windowless Skyscraper in NYC

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Music by Epidemic Sound
Written by Adam Chase

[Ekircher]

I'm literally staring at that building out my window while the NSA watches me from that building through my phone watching a video about how they are watching me from that building

[MrAwawe]

I was a little disappointed when you stopped talking about bricks. That stuff was interesting.

[Nova_Avali]

"The villain's hideout could be anywhere"

*The villain's hideout*

[MangoChannel]

We deserve a video about bricks that starts like it's going to reveal confidential information about the US government

[seanmorgan]

kinda bummed this video isnt actually about bricks :((

[AsbestosMuffins]

"So uh AT&T, we need to put a tap on literally everything coming through NYC"
"Oh sure just put it on the floor above the major switches"

[pepsdeps]

"Not gonna reveal it's address"
"33 Thomas Street" "One block behind the NY FBI offices" *shows multiple satellite images of the building and its relative location*

[jaredlampal]

Anyone sad that we didn’t get to learn about the brick types

[Eagrogg]

Twice, now, I've been legitimately interested in his brick talk, and twice I've been let down.

Petition for HAI to make a 100% serious brick video.

[grangermontag]

1970s America: if we automate phone switchboards we won't have strangers listening to our calls

NSA: That's where you're wrong kiddo👉👉

[DugrozReports]

My kids were watching this over my shoulder. The "boring" part with bricks scared them off. Well done!

[xxgimplrdxx]

"lithium"
"Titanpointe'

The NSA names stuff like a 14yo would

[elrafa]

Back to bricks hooray!
Edit: Damn, foiled again...

[treeeetv]

Of course the first thing you think of when building a nuke-proof building is a skyscraper

[jeremyashford]

I’m a bit late to this party so this question (or these questions) may already have been answered.

If you want a building that survives a nuclear blast, and is thus windowless, why would you (1) build it above ground, (2) as a skyscraper, (and 3) on the most expensive real estate in the world?

[Commack]

My dad used to work there for AT&T.. There were floors you were never supposed to go to and they had key switches rather than buttons in the elevator. The entire building, even the regular floors were patrolled by scary looking guys. -- The other names for the building were "The Slab", "The Monolith", and "The Tombstone".. -- What they DON'T tell you, is that even though the roof is over 500 feet from the ground, the basement goes five floors DOWN into solid bedrock under Manhattan.. There's also one hidden floor that can only be accessed from the stairs.

[anotherdropintheocean]

When it starts “Bricks, lots of bricks”

Me: this is gonna be good

[salamisalesexpress]

For anyone wondering what the large openings in the side were for, they were apertures for large horn shaped microwave antennas as were used on the AT&T Long Lines network. They are fascinating things to look into and once you see one tower you'll see them all over.

[GoldStoneGamingHub]

"The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one. There were no windows in it at all. Winston had never been inside the Ministry of Love, nor within half a kilometre of it. It was a place impossible to enter except on official business."

-George Orwell, 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'

[gerryrodriguez]

I have been inside this building back in mid 90’s. My company had the contract to fix the workstations and printers. I thought it was a telephone switchboard. The security to get in was insane. It was easier to get inside the Federal Reserve and all the stock exchanges . Also on my list of assigned buildings