Unveiling the Enigma of 33 Thomas Street: Explore NYC’s Secretive ‘Spy Hideout’

Step inside one of Manhattan’s most enigmatic structures as an insider reveals the extraordinary experience.<\p>

Constructed in 1974, the awe-inspiring 33 Thomas Street has loomed over New York’s Tribeca district, its windowless facade captivating the curiosity of the few. Even fewer have dared to share their encounters with the edifice’s secrets.<\p>

Today, we reveal the story of a former steamfitter who, in the early 2000s, worked within the foreboding 29-story structure, responsible for wiring and pipe installation in the “Long Lines Building.”<\p>

“There were rooms we couldn’t enter. We were specifically instructed not to ask about their contents or reasons for our exclusion,” the anonymous worker recalled, according to the Daily Mail.<\p>

The relentless secrecy meant the man and his team, which included his own son, had to navigate around the restricted areas, never given even a glimpse of what lay within. Their words echo with unrivaled intrigue and astonishment.<\p>

The Post was able to take a few photos inside the building back in 2004.
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Deep in the basement, the crew stumbled upon a cache of confidential papers, seemingly containing classified information about the handling of machinery in the event of a radiation attack.

In a revealing 2016 report by The Intercept, the true purpose of 33 Thomas St. is unveiled: it serves as the “NSA’s spy hub in New York, hidden in plain sight.”<\p>

The acronym NSA stands for the National Security Agency, a surveillance powerhouse operating under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense.<\p>

The report exposes that the building, designed by John Carl Warnecke & Associates, was constructed as a secure communications center capable of withstanding a nuclear blast.<\p>

The security research center at 33 Thomas Street.
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Batteries used to power the building.
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The structure is known as the “Long Lines Building.”
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The entrance to the building.
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The building is reportedly owned by AT&T.
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Through meticulous analysis of documents obtained from whistleblower Edward Snowden, The Intercept presents compelling evidence that 33 Thomas Street operates as an NSA surveillance site named TITANPOINTE.<\p>

According to this investigation, the building, owned by AT&T at the time of publication, houses crucial telecommunications equipment and cutting-edge surveillance technology, including a major international “gateway switch” responsible for routing calls between the United States and other nations.<\p>

Top-secret NSA memos and a former AT&T engineer lend further weight to the notion that the agency may have tapped into these calls from within the enigmatic building.<\p>

The Post has reached out to both the NSA and AT&T for their input, but the secrets of 33 Thomas Street remain shrouded in secrecy.<\p>

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