Captain Phillips
Tom Hanks tweeted out a photo of a creepy building on Twitter and the internet was baffled by the mysterious-looking. The eerie building, which is in New York City, has no windows. “This is the scariest building I’ve ever seen!” Hanks wrote to his 13 million followers.
This is the scariest building I've ever seen! WTF goes on inside?? Hanx. pic.twitter.com/nXeUI64rXm
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) June 2, 2017
The internet did not disappoint with their speculation on the eerie building.
That is where nightmares are made
— Joe Otterson (@JoeOtterson) June 2, 2017
The national covfefe center
— Jack J (@Jack_Frodo) June 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/tprowens/status/870754667285893121
This has to be a Scientology temple where they perform audits with E-meters and draw up battle plans to fight aliens led by Xenu…
— Paul Sacca (@Paul_Sacca) June 4, 2017
You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave.
— Daniel (@mandan1459) June 2, 2017
I'm pretty sure Danaerys Targaryan keeps her dragons there.
— Matt Koenig (@m44koenig) June 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/dellcam/status/870758732900188161
World Jenga championships…. scary stuff 😉 x
— Nikki Sanderson (@NikkiSanderson) June 2, 2017
THERE IS NO BUILDING. THERE IS ONLY ZUUL. pic.twitter.com/vZP8RFALGj
— Charles Gaba ( ✡️, deal with it) (@charles_gaba) June 2, 2017
This. This is what happens. pic.twitter.com/YDe5lXu4a1
— Alex Plotkowski (@ProbsMcGobs) June 2, 2017
Can't tell you. pic.twitter.com/foFFGbMTJQ
— Nicolas Blin (@nicolasacco) June 3, 2017
While those are all fantastic guesses, the tower is a little more boring. The structure is called the Long Lines building at 33 Thomas Street in Manhattan and was originally built by AT&T in 1974.
According to Atlas Obscura:
The sky fortress was originally created to house AT&T’s carrier exchanges for their long distance telephone switches and equipment. Today it continues in that purpose, while also storing a portion of the company’s datacenter processing. This ephemeral element of the technological infrastructure has been deemed so important that the building is able to survive nuclear fallout, and exist off-grid for up to two weeks without issue.
The ominous building features 29 floors, three basement levels, and enough food to last 1,500 people two weeks in the event of a catastrophe. It is also said to be a spy hub for the NSA in the middle of New York City. So maybe this eerie tower is even scarier than first imagined.
[Mashable]