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IWalked New York City’s International Telephone and Telegraph Building

Located at 67 Broad Street is a building that is known as the International Telephone Building. It was originally built in 1928 by the same man largely responsible for building up much of the Garment District, Abraham Lefcourt. The structure was purchased in 1930 by the International Telephone and Telegraph Company and has held its name ever since.

This 35-story, 433-foot structure captured our interest for one significant feature located near the building’s southwestern entrance. Here there is a mosaic dome of angel (whom appears to be quite proficient with the Abs of Steel program) uniting the western and eastern hemispheres (shown as two globes) via the power of electricity (demonstrated via a bolt of lightning hovering over the two globes).

Website: http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/

Address: 67 Broad Street, New York City, NY

Cost: Free.

IWalked Audio Tours To See This Site: New York City’s Lower Manhattan. (Purchase the MP3 tour here. iPhone application tour is available here. Please note, all NYC tours are now available as in-app purchases upon download of our FREE NYC Lite application, which includes a free 1.5 hour tour of a portion of the Upper West Side.)

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