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On the construction of 60 Hudson, Perry Piermont wrote: >>It is not a windowless telecom building -- it was originally a western union office building that slowly evolved into its current role.<< Good point, 60 Hudson is not windowless <except, in parts, where the windows have been plugged up ;> But from my recall of its details it was built to the same 'fortress-like' standards as 32 Sixth Avenue and other classical telco-grade buildings of the era. But true, its design precedes windowless COs by about thirty years ;) > > Frank Coluccio <[email protected]> writes: > > Like 140 West Street (adjacent to where 7 WTC once stood), 60H is a > > brick shit house. > > 60 Hudson is not properly built for its role, actually. It is not a > windowless telecom building -- it was originally a western union > office building that slowly evolved into its current role. Most of > the nearby telecom buildings are indeed windowless and designed to > take punishment, but 60 is not. I recall on many occasions pointing > it out to friends and noting you could see racked equipment through > its numerous windows. > > It may (or may not) be perfectly true that it is safe, but its design > has nothing to do with that safety -- only its position during this > incident. > > Perry >
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