Log on and chat a while.
New York Times
Monday, June 29, 1914
Western Union Moves to 24 Walker Street Without a Hitch
Without a single hitch the intricate task of transferring all the telegraph lines from the old building at 195 Broadway to its new quarters at 24 Walker Street [address today known as 32 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Avenue] was accomplished by the Western Union early yesterday morning. … When business is in full swing today 1,500 operators who have been working the sounding keys at 195 Broadway will be enjoying the conveniences of the most modern telegraph plant in the world.
Best known as the AT&T Long Lines Building, the building was the connection point to the first trans-Atlantic cable. Today, coupled with 60 Hudson Street and 111 Eighth Avenue (Google’s NYC HQ) via fiber optic cables running in old underground clay conduits, it is one of the major Internet interconnection facilities in North America.
Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
[Crass store link]
