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Zinski t1_jb5em7v wrote

It's one of my favorite buildings in Worcester because it highlights exactly why this city died in the first place.

Let's tear down all the old brick of main street and replace it with parking lots and toss up the most bland, boring, beige and black, no windows or defining feature, just an ugly ass chunk of building smack dab in the center of downtown. With a massive parking lot to make sure it wastes as much space as possible.

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guybehindawall t1_jb5jmcq wrote

I mean correct but shouldn't that make it one of your least favorite buildings

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Gyrotates t1_jb6b6o5 wrote

I was in this building 2 weeks ago. It's empty. They use half a floor for the remainder of the active equipment. It's a shell of empty rooms and only the maintenance Staff work in it.

At&t won't give up their prime spot. The crown castle colo is down the street 1/4 of the size and has more equipment.

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doublesecretprobatio t1_jb5zm5a wrote

it's a "NOC"; network operations center. it's where all the telephone lines go and the monkeys route the calls through the switchboards.

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heyricochet t1_jb60rz1 wrote

This is correct, if you see any building with no windows and a telecom name on the side, this is what it is.

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BigResponsibility878 t1_jb6tcak wrote

My mom worked there for like 20 years, but it’s been “vacant” for like 25. Def probably some NSA shit going on in there tho. NSA had a secret at&t front in New York for YEARS

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Evans_Notch t1_jb5gjy8 wrote

If it’s the building I’m thinking of, it’s the Crown Castle Fiber’s colo data center at 474 Main st.

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foredom t1_jb7w7jk wrote

Two different buildings. You have the correct address for Crown Castle which is across from City Hall. OP is talking about the gargantuan eyesore at approximately 175 Main across from Armsby Abbey.

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my_ashy_paintbox t1_jb6a43w wrote

This is the correct answer^. To OP if you are looking to work there, I looked on Crown Castle job listings, nothing for Worcester, so either not looking for NOC operators or they staff the NOC through a MSP, or retained old ATT staff

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my_ashy_paintbox t1_jb6qm0o wrote

And per the Crown Castle wiki page, they lease these data centers from ATT for $1900/month each location

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PCRandomer123 t1_jb72ury wrote

The Lightower Folks you say, the ones that were bought out? Heard they had an intensive fiber network throughout the city, hopefully it gets put to good use besides downtown.

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EyeTack t1_jb7skjm wrote

Crown Castle has all of what was considered Lightower, Sidera, and N-Star in the area. They are one of the few carriers you can get dark fiber from.

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EyeTack t1_jb7s4m4 wrote

That building is mostly vacant. All their switchgear takes up very little space compared to what it must have been in the Long Lines heyday.

They have some suites in there. An employer I had ages ago had an 15454 in there because we picked up an OC-12 there. One rack in a room that easily could have held a dozen.

It’s not marketed or advertised, obviously. The CC Pop at 474 is really all there is in the city. There are a few carriers there, but all the serious stuff is in Markley Boston.

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reddit_account_12 t1_jb604ir wrote

I would bet it’s a data center and doesn’t have windows as it’s most likely temperature controlled.

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Doom-Hauer451 t1_jb636rv wrote

It looks very easy to secure from the outside. Don’t mind me I just watched The Belko Experiment 😬

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becomingelle t1_jb7g3jw wrote

It's a magnificent art deco gem❤️

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edith-bunker t1_jb8dkeo wrote

It’s a front for the headquarters of Dr Evil

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New-Vegetable-1274 t1_jbbrjyq wrote

It does have that 1960s spy movie vibe doesn't it? If it ever came on the market what could it be repurposed as?

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NoPersonality5894 t1_jbf9c9y wrote

AT&T has data centers in "abandoned" buildings across the country that store the majority of their regional telecommunications. They do this to hide in plain sight for easy access and maintenance, but it's not the safest choice...

I was living in Nashville when some anti-vaxxer blew up a similar building in downtown on Christmas morning because of the 5G conspiracy. We lost telecommunications and internet for nearly two weeks.

Here's the article if you want to know more..

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