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Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies

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Tags: architecture, usa, skyscrapers.windowless, history, telecoms, att, infrastructure, blackouts, disasters.natural, weapons.nuclear, cold war, generators.backup, surveillance, nsa, privacy, edward snowden, architects, john carl warnecke, zach mortice, videos, stewart hicks
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Title
The Windowless Skyscraper Conspiracy
Authors
Stewart Hicks
Duration
13:50
Published
Nov 30 2023

4 comments

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    Turtle42
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    Great video, I've gone down a rabbit hole watching this guys content. Really well done. I've always noticed these ominous buildings being telco companies, I'm glad to be reassured that my...

    Great video, I've gone down a rabbit hole watching this guys content. Really well done.

    I've always noticed these ominous buildings being telco companies, I'm glad to be reassured that my observations were accurate.

    3 votes
    1. cfabbro
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      If you're looking for more recommendations for videos from him, I've posted a bunch of others in the past: https://tildes.net/?tag=stewart_hicks

      If you're looking for more recommendations for videos from him, I've posted a bunch of others in the past:
      https://tildes.net/?tag=stewart_hicks

      2 votes
  2. CptBluebear
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    Also good for birds! Just to give it a positive spin. Skyscrapers with windows, reflective windows, or even plants in windowsills, are all devastating to local bird populations. There's an...

    Also good for birds!

    Just to give it a positive spin.

    Skyscrapers with windows, reflective windows, or even plants in windowsills, are all devastating to local bird populations. There's an organisation picking up dead birds all day around central park because the deaths are endless. Big blocky buildings don't trick birds into flying into them.

    2 votes
  3. JCPhoenix
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    We have one of these in Kansas City, with the prominent AT&T signage on it. But it seems to have more windows than the one in Chicago and certainly more than the one in New York.

    We have one of these in Kansas City, with the prominent AT&T signage on it. But it seems to have more windows than the one in Chicago and certainly more than the one in New York.

    1 vote