Re: Re: Rumor Control, Indeed (was: Re: Rumor Control: Re: 60 hudson may collapse..

[Frank Coluccio <fcoluccio () dticonsulting com>]

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 <fcoluccio () dticonsulting com> 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