Black-and-white photograph of windowless skyscraper topped by crane against New York City skyline.

Apocalypse-Proof

Zach Mortice

Designed as a telecommunications hub and run almost entirely by machines, the windowless tower at 33 Thomas Street in New York City embodies an architecture of government surveillance and corporate paranoia. That has made it an ideal set for conspiracy thrillers that capture suspicion of the security state.

A windowless telecommunications hub, 33 Thomas Street in New York City embodies an architecture of surveillance and paranoia. That makes it an ideal set for conspiracy thrillers.

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